gittern

n. 吉坦(古乐器)

发音

UK /ˈɡɪtən/
US /ˈɡɪtəɹn/

词形变化

gitterns 复数 gitterns gitterned gitterning gitterns 三单 gitterning 现在分词 gitterned 过去式 gitterned 过去分词

别名

ghittern

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small, quill-plucked, gut-strung musical instrument, most commonly with three to four strings in doubles courses; it is a flat-backed predecessor of the guitar, and it originated around the 13th century, coming to Europe via Moorish Spain.

v.
  1. 1.

    To play on the gittern.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

cither cithern citole cittern

上位词 1

guitar

词源

From Old French guiterne, ultimately from Latin cithara. Doublet of cittern.

来源：wiktionary