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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈzɪ.ðə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈzɪ.ðɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-zither.wav Forms: zithers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪðə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from German Zither, from Old High German zithara, from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “a kind of harp”). Doublet of cithara, cither, and guitar. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Zither}} German Zither, {{der|en|goh|zithara}} Old High German zithara, {{der|en|la|cithara}} Latin cithara, {{der|en|grc|κιθάρα||a kind of harp}} Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “a kind of harp”), {{doublet|en|cithara|cither|guitar}} Doublet of cithara, cither, and guitar Head templates: {{en-noun}} zither (plural zithers)
  1. (music) A musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings placed on a horizontal surface, played with a plectrum or fingertips. Wikidata QID: Q76239 Categories (topical): String instruments Translations (musical instrument): կիթառ (kitʻaṙ) (Armenian), ցիտրա (cʻitra) (Armenian), цитра (citra) [feminine] (Bulgarian), cítara [feminine] (Catalan), (qín) (Chinese Mandarin), 古琴 (gǔqín) (Chinese Mandarin), citera [feminine] (Czech), citer [common-gender] (Danish), citer [feminine] (Dutch), tsitter (Estonian), sitra (Finnish), cithare [feminine] (French), cítara [feminine] (Galician), ციტრა (ciṭra) (Georgian), Zither [feminine] (German), τσίτερ (tsíter) [neuter] (Greek), צִיתָר (tsitár) [masculine] (Hebrew), संतूर (santūr) [masculine] (Hindi), सितार (sitār) [masculine] (Hindi), citera (Hungarian), sítar [masculine] (Icelandic), citaro (Ido), siotár [masculine] (Irish), siotar [masculine] (Irish), cetra [feminine] (Italian), ツィター (tsitā) (Japanese), 치터 (chiteo) (Korean), cithara [feminine] (Latin), цитра (citra) [feminine] (Macedonian), ziter (Malay), ᡶᡳᡨᡠᡥᠠᠨ (fituhan) (Manchu), ятга (jatga) (Mongolian), siter [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), harpeleik [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), siter [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), harpeleik [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), سنتور (Persian), cytra [feminine] (Polish), cítara [feminine] (Portuguese), țiteră [feminine] (Romanian), ци́тра (cítra) [feminine] (Russian), ци̏тра [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), cȉtra [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), citra [feminine] (Slovak), cítre [feminine, plural] (Slovene), cítara [feminine] (Spanish), cittra [common-gender] (Swedish), sitara (Tagalog), จะเข้ (jà-kêe) (Thai), ซิทเธอร์ (Thai), цитра (cytra) [feminine] (Ukrainian), sitra (Uzbek), đàn tranh (Vietnamese)
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  2. (music, translations) Related or similar instruments in other cultures, such as the Chinese guqin or Norwegian harpeleik; especially any chordophone without a neck, and with strings that pass over the body. Categories (topical): Music Related terms (similar instruments): autoharp
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Derived forms: box zither, moon zither, zitherist Related terms: dulcimer, harpeleik

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈzɪ.ðə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈzɪ.ðɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-zither.wav Forms: zithers [present, singular, third-person], zithering [participle, present], zithered [participle, past], zithered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪðə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from German Zither, from Old High German zithara, from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “a kind of harp”). Doublet of cithara, cither, and guitar. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Zither}} German Zither, {{der|en|goh|zithara}} Old High German zithara, {{der|en|la|cithara}} Latin cithara, {{der|en|grc|κιθάρα||a kind of harp}} Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “a kind of harp”), {{doublet|en|cithara|cither|guitar}} Doublet of cithara, cither, and guitar Head templates: {{en-verb}} zither (third-person singular simple present zithers, present participle zithering, simple past and past participle zithered)
  1. To play a zither.
    Sense id: en-zither-en-verb-qsG1c0zR
  2. To make a sound similar to that made by a zither; to move while making such a sound.
    Sense id: en-zither-en-verb-wCHFvWbG

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "琴"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "tsitter"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "sitra"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "ციტრა"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "fa",
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      "word": "سنتور"
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      "sense": "musical instrument",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "jà-kêe",
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
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      "word": "ซิทเธอร์"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "sense": "musical instrument",
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      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "sitra"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "đàn tranh"
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          "ref": "1892, Edmund Gosse, chapter 3, in The Secret of Narcisse, New York: United States Book Company, page 100,102:",
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          "ref": "1906, William John Locke, chapter 9, in The Belovéd Vagabond, New York: John Lane, published 1911, pages 120–121:",
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          "ref": "1956, Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals, Penguin, published 2000, Part Two, Chapter 10, p. 123:",
          "text": "The olives seemed weighed down under the weight of their fruit, smooth drops of green jade among which the choirs of cicadas zithered.",
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          "ref": "1985, Kim Chapin, chapter 19, in Dogwood Afternoons, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, page 178:",
          "text": "Once I owned a bike […] It had no fenders and one gear only, and on the forks, both fore and aft, I clipped some plastic playing cards to zither loudly through the spokes.",
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          "ref": "1996, Carl Huberman, chapter 38, in Eminent Domain, London: Macmillan, page 328:",
          "text": "‘Look at that!’ she shouted, already backing up the Jeep, its tyres zithering on the crusty surface.",
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