cither

A musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board, laid flat and played with a plectrum and fingers, or a 16th century instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.

• 🇷🇺Музыкальный струнный инструмент со струнами, натянутыми над плоской декой, который кладётся плашмя и играется плектром и пальцами, или инструмент XVI века, напоминающий гитару с грушевидным корпусом и металлическими струнами.

1. Flat stringed instrument C1 formal art

   A musical instrument with strings stretched over a flat, wooden soundboard, played horizontally with a plectrum or fingers.

   • She played a gentle melody on the cither.
   • The cither produces a soft, resonant tone.
   • He learned to play the cither from his grandmother.

   🇷🇺Цитра

   Синонимы: cithernzitherzithern

2. Renaissance guitar-like instrument C2 formal art

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

   • The museum displayed a beautifully preserved cither from the 1500s.
   • Renaissance music often featured the cither in courtly performances.
   • He studied the history of the cither for his thesis.

   🇷🇺Цитра

   Синонимы: citherncittern