cistre

Borrowed 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 cítara and guitarra.

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

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

• “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)