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.

单词	gittern
释义	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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