gittern
Meaning of gittern
noun
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.
verb
To play on the gittern.
Information about gittern
- The plural form of gittern is: gitterns.
- Languages in which gittern is used:
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Hyphenation of gittern
git-tern
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- gittern is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
gittern synonyms
Meaning cittern:
cittern, cithern, cither, citole
Anagrams of gittern
Words that rhyme with gittern
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