How to pronounce gittern
American English pronunciation
GIT-ern
- IPA
- /ˈɡɪtɚn/
- Syllables
- GIT · ern (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What gittern means
A small stringed instrument of the Middle Ages, like an early guitar
In a sentence: The minstrel plucked a tune on his gittern beside the fire.
Where it comes from: It comes from the old French guiterne, which goes back to the Latin cithara, an ancient stringed instrument.
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