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cittern

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsɪtɜːn/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sit′ərn)

cit•tern (sit′ərn),USA pronunciation n.

Music and Dancean old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.

blend of, blended cither and gittern 1550–60

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cittern /ˈsɪtɜːn/, cither, cithern n

a medieval stringed instrument resembling a lute but having wire strings and a flat back
Compare gittern

Etymology: 16th Century: perhaps a blend of cither + gittern

'cittern' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

cither - gittern - citole - zithern - zittern

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