gittern
UK/ˈɡɪtən/US/ˈɡɪtəɹn/
gittern noun: a small, quill-plucked, gut-strung musical instrument, most commonly with three to four strings in doubles courses; it is a flat-backed predecessor of the guitar, and it originated around the 13th century, coming to Europe via Moorish Spain.
Noun
gittern (plural gitterns)
- A small, quill-plucked, gut-strung musical instrument, most commonly with three to four strings in doubles courses; it is a flat-backed predecessor of the guitar, and it originated around the 13th century, coming to Europe via Moorish Spain.
- Now they can no more hear thy ghittern’s tune, / For venturing syllables that ill beseem / The quiet glooms of such a piteous theme.1820, John Keats, “Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil. A Story from Boccaccio.”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC...
- Synonyms:
- quintern
Verb
gittern (third-person singular simple present gitterns, present participle gitterning, simple past and past participle gitterned)
- To play on the gittern.
- c. 1639-1640. John Milton, The Cambridge Manuscript; Excerpts from pages 35-41, as Reprinted in David Masson, editor & author, The Life of John Milton: Narrated in Connection with the Political, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of his Time; Volume II, London and New York.: MacMillan and Co...
gittern meaning in Bengali
gittern in Bengali
- একটি ছোট, পালক দিয়ে বাজানো, গিটারন বাজানো
Synonyms of gittern
Forms of gittern
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | gitterns |
| alternative form | ghittern |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | gitterns |
| present participle | gitterning |
| past participle | gitterned |
| past | gitterned |
Origin of gittern
Inherited from Middle English giterne, from Old French guiterne, ultimately from Latin cithara. Doublet of cittern.
Words that rhyme with gittern
Questions about gittern
- What does gittern mean?
- Gittern means a small, quill-plucked, gut-strung musical instrument, most commonly with three to four strings in doubles courses; it is a flat-backed predecessor of the guitar, and it originated around the 13th century, coming to Europe via Moorish Spain.
- What is gittern in Bengali?
- Gittern in Bengali is একটি ছোট, পালক দিয়ে বাজানো, গিটারন বাজানো. See Gittern meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is gittern?
- Gittern can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce gittern?
- Gittern is pronounced /ˈɡɪtən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of gittern?
- The plural of gittern is gitterns.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gittern (page history and authors); gittern (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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