- lyre guitar
- lyre guitar nounA form of lyre with a fingerboard, at its greatest popularity in the late 18c and early 19c• • •Main Entry: ↑lyre
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guitar — [gi tär′] n. [Fr guitare < OSp guitarra < Ar qītār < Gr kithara, lyre, lute] a musical instrument related to the lute but having a flat back and usually six strings that are plucked or strummed with the fingers or a plectrum guitarist n … English World dictionary
Lyre — Infobox Instrument name= Lyre names= caption=Greek vase with muse playing the phorminx, a type of lyre classification= *string instrument range= related= * Çeng * Konghou * Harp * Chang (instrument)The lyre is a stringed musical instrument well… … Wikipedia
guitar — /gi tahr /, n. a stringed musical instrument with a long, fretted neck, a flat, somewhat violinlike body, and typically six strings, which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum. [1615 25; < Sp guitarra < Ar kitarah Gk kithára KITHARA] * … Universalium
guitar — [17] The Greek kithárā was a stringed musical instrument of the lyre family, which has bequeathed its name to a variety of successors. Via Latin cithara came English citole [14], a medieval stringed instrument, and German zither (borrowed by… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
guitar — [17] The Greek kithárā was a stringed musical instrument of the lyre family, which has bequeathed its name to a variety of successors. Via Latin cithara came English citole [14], a medieval stringed instrument, and German zither (borrowed by… … Word origins
