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PRONUNCIATION OF CITHERN

cithern  [ˈsɪθən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CITHERN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cithern is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CITHERN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

cithern

Cittern

The cittern or cither is a stringed instrument dating from the Renaissance. Modern scholars debate its exact history, but it is generally accepted that it is descended from the Medieval citole, or cytole. It looks much like the modern-day flat-back mandolin and the modern Irish bouzouki. Its flat-back design was simpler and cheaper to construct than the lute. It was also easier to play, smaller, less delicate and more portable. Played by all classes, the cittern was a premier instrument of casual music-making much as is the guitar today.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CITHERN


agnathan
æɡˈneɪθən
autochthon
ɔːˈtɒkθən
Brython
ˈbrɪθən
earthen
ˈɜːθən
Elizabethan
ɪˌlɪzəˈbiːθən
Jonathan
ˈdʒɒnəθən
lathen
ˈlɑːθən
lengthen
ˈlɛŋkθən
leviathan
lɪˈvaɪəθən
luthern
ˈluːθən
marathon
ˈmærəθən
Melanchthon
məˈlæŋkθən
Nathan
ˈneɪθən
Phaethon
ˈfeɪəθən
python
ˈpaɪθən
sithen
ˈsɪθən
strengthen
ˈstrɛŋθən
talkathon
ˈtɔːkəθən
transleithan
trænzˈleɪθən
ultramarathon
ˈʌltrəˌmærəθən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CITHERN

citatory
cite
citeable
citer
CITES
citess
cithara
citharist
citharistic
cither
citied
cities
citification
citified
citifies
citify
citigrade
citizen
citizen journalism
citizen´s arrest

WORDS THAT END LIKE CITHERN

Ahern
Bayern
Bern
concern
eastern
fern
govern
hern
intern
kern
lantern
leathern
modern
northern
pattern
pern
southern
stern
tavern
western

Synonyms and antonyms of cithern in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cithern» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CITHERN

Find out the translation of cithern to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cithern from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cithern» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

cithern
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cítara
570 millions of speakers

English

cithern
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cithern
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

cithern
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

cithern
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cítara
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এক ধরনের বীণা-জাতীয় বাদ্যযন্ত্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cistre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cithern
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zither
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

cithern
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cithern
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cithern
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cithern
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cithern
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॉथन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cithern
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cetra
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cithern
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

cithern
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cithern
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cithern
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

citer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cittra
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cithern
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cithern

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CITHERN»

The term «cithern» is used very little and occupies the 180.579 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CITHERN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cithern

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CITHERN»

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1
The Cithern; Poems for Recitation
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Aylmer Gowing, 2010
2
Library of Congress Subject Headings
... UF Colascione RT Vihuela NT Archlute Baglama Bandura Bandurria Biwa Bouzouki Chitarrone Domra Harp-lute guitar Kobza Mandola Oud P'i p'a San hsien Sarod Tambura Tar (Musical instrument) Theorbo Lute and cithern music USE ...
3
Library of Congress Subject Headings
D5 785) L'F Citharininae 8T Cypriniforrnes C itharininae L'SE Citltarinidae Cithern L'SE Cittern Cithern and lute music L'SE Cittern and lute music Citliern and vihuela music L'SE Cittern and \'ll'lUCll music Cithern music L'SE Citterri music ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Library of Congress. Office for Subject Cataloging Policy, 2001
4
A Dictionary of the Spanish Language in Two Parts: 1. ...
Citara, «/. cithern; partition wall; body of Citarista, sm/. player on the cithern. Citaristico, -a, adj. adapted to the cithern. Citarizar, сл. to play on the cithern. Citatório, -a, adj. citatory ; in form of citation. Citeriór, adj. hit her . higher; nearer. Cítiso ...
Alfred Elwes, 1871
5
A Dictionary of the Spanish and English and English and ...
Citano, am. such an one. Citar, га. to appoint a meeting; convoke; 'cite; quote; summon. ftroops. Citara, af. cithern ; partition wall ; body of Citarista, amf. player on the cithern. Citaxistico, -a, adj. adapted to the cithern. Citarizar, гя. to play on the ...
Alfred Elwes, 1854
6
The International Exhibition of 1862
Metal Wind Instruments. 708. KIEIDL Anthony, Manufactory of Instruments and Strings. Vienna, Josephstadt 18. Medal: Munich 1854. M. II. 0]. Paris 1855. Two Citherns, with usual mechanism. A travelling and a song cithern (elegy-cithern).
Anonymous, Cambridge University Press, 2014
7
The Monthly Repository
She often put out the choir by striking the deep tones of her cithern, which resounded along the vaulted temple, like the murmurings of a coming storm ; and sometimes she interrupted the Latin nymns by singing Moorish words.
Leigh Hunt, 1835
8
A Compendious Syriac Dictionary
Ktéépa, a stringed instrument, harp, cithern, lyre. DERIVATIVES, verb 5M and the six following words :— j§9651§j, lljgoéifij thaptpbds', a player on the harp or cithern. 1Ly°3°éim from f. harp—playing. “ohm =l§e4§1i~i la'oobm dimin. of Jim. at ...
Jessie Payne Smith, 1999
9
Philosophical dissertations on the Greeks
It h doubtless more natural to attribute thi perversity of these. people to such palpable causes, than to their indifference for Arcadian music, which was confined to pastoral songs, accompanied with the flute of seven pipes; or the cithern.
Cornelius Pauw, 1793
10
A dictionary of the Bhotanta or Boutan language, printed ...
ff-T^Ji. a cithern, a guitar, a sort of musical instru- gjq'ZJ'Kjq-q, to dissipate all shadows. meu ^q-Zj'Nc;'H, toblotout sins, to remit all transgressions. ^"Jf'SSf^W'^ P3!' a player upon a cithern, or upon the " v TM *rn'U'?<c;'CT, to wash away all ...
Friedrich Christian G. Schroeter, John Clark Marshman, William Carey, 1826

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CITHERN»

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Future classic: The world's first public museum gets a £61m makeover
Behind him, a window cleaner, high up above a case containing 16th-century cithern stringed instruments, squeegeed glazing on the gallery ... «Independent, Oct 09»

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