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cittern

/ˈsɪt.ɜːn/

Traduction: Instrument à cordes pincées de la Renaissance, au corps en forme de poire ou de citrouille aplatie, muni de cordes métalliques, proche de la guitare et ancêtre du cistre.

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C2formalcommonartobsolète/ˈsɪt.ɜːn/

A 16th-century stringed musical instrument with a pear-shaped body and wire strings, similar to a guitar.

  • 🇫🇷Instrument à cordes pincées de la Renaissance, au corps en forme de poire ou de citrouille aplatie, muni de cordes métalliques, proche de la guitare et ancêtre du cistre.
  1. Historical string instrument C2 formal

    A 16th-century musical instrument similar to a guitar, featuring a pear-shaped body and wire strings.

    • The musician played a lively tune on the cittern.
    • Citterns were popular in Renaissance Europe.
    • He studied the construction of a 16th-century cittern.

    🇫🇷cistre

    Synonymes: cithercithern

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