cistre

Borrowed from French cistre, from Middle French citre, from Vulgar Latin *cithera, from Latin cithara (itself from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára)). Doublet of cítara and guitarra.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsis.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsis.tɾe]

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cistre m (plural cistres)

1. cittern

• “cistre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Inherited from Middle French citre, from Vulgar Latin *cithera, from Latin cithara (itself from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára)), and probably influenced by sistre, from Latin sistrum. Doublet of cithare and guitare. Cf. also citole.

• IPA^(key): /sistʁ/

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cistre m (plural cistres)

1. (music) cittern

• → Catalan: cistre
• → Portuguese: cistre

• “cistre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• cistro

Borrowed from French cistre, from Middle French citre, from Latin cithara. Doublet of cítara, guitarra, and cítola.

cistre m (plural cistres)

1. cittern (stringed instrument of the Renaissance)