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单词 gittern
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Definition of gittern in English:

gittern

noun ˈɡɪtəːnˈɡɪdərn
historical
  • A lute-like medieval stringed instrument, forerunner of the guitar.

    〈史〉吉坦(中世纪一种类似琉特琴的弦乐器,吉他的前身)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is definite documentary evidence that both the citole and the gittern were normally strung in gut.
    • By this time most gitterns were depicted with three, or more commonly four, courses of strings, but with a different tuning from that of the lute.
    • A gittern, most musicologists have come to agree, was the earliest form of what we know today as a guitar.
    • For additional information about gitterns, visit the Gittern section of the Early String Instruments page.
    • However, gitterns more frequently had frets, flat fingerboards, and flat bridges.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French guiterne; perhaps related to cittern and guitar.

Rhymes

cittern

Definition of gittern in US English:

gittern

nounˈɡidərnˈɡɪdərn
historical
  • A lute-like medieval stringed instrument, forerunner of the guitar.

    〈史〉吉坦(中世纪一种类似琉特琴的弦乐器,吉他的前身)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A gittern, most musicologists have come to agree, was the earliest form of what we know today as a guitar.
    • By this time most gitterns were depicted with three, or more commonly four, courses of strings, but with a different tuning from that of the lute.
    • However, gitterns more frequently had frets, flat fingerboards, and flat bridges.
    • For additional information about gitterns, visit the Gittern section of the Early String Instruments page.
    • There is definite documentary evidence that both the citole and the gittern were normally strung in gut.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French guiterne; perhaps related to cittern and guitar.

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