See cistre on Wiktionary
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"cítola",
"cítola#Portuguese"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "fr",
"3": "cistre"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from French cistre",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "frm",
"3": "citre"
},
"expansion": "Middle French citre",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "la",
"3": "cithara"
},
"expansion": "Latin cithara",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "cítara",
"3": "guitarra",
"4": "cítola"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of cítara, guitarra, and cítola",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from French cistre, from Middle French citre, from Latin cithara. Doublet of cítara, guitarra, and cítola.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "cistres",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cistro",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "cistre m (plural cistres)",
"name": "pt-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Portuguese 2-syllable words",
"Portuguese countable nouns",
"Portuguese doublets",
"Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"Portuguese lemmas",
"Portuguese masculine nouns",
"Portuguese nouns",
"Portuguese terms borrowed from French",
"Portuguese terms derived from French",
"Portuguese terms derived from Latin",
"Portuguese terms derived from Middle French",
"Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"pt:String instruments"
],
"glosses": [
"cittern (stringed instrument of the Renaissance)"
],
"links": [
[
"cittern",
"cittern"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsis.tɾi/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsis.tɾi/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsiʃ.tɾi/",
"tags": [
"Rio-de-Janeiro"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsiʃ.tɾɨ/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
}
],
"word": "cistre"
}
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