"spinet" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈspɪn.ɪt/ [UK], /spɪˈnɛt/ [UK], /ˈspɪn.ɪt/ [US] Audio: en-us-spinet.ogg [US] Forms: spinets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt, -ɪnɪt Etymology: Borrowed from Italian spinetta. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|it|spinetta|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Italian spinetta, {{bor+|en|it|spinetta}} Borrowed from Italian spinetta Head templates: {{en-noun}} spinet (plural spinets)
  1. (music) A short, compact harpsichord or piano. Categories (topical): Musical instruments Synonyms: spinnet Derived forms: dumb spinet Related terms: virginal Translations (short, compact harpsichord): клавесин (klavesin) [masculine] (Bulgarian), espineta [feminine] (Catalan), spinet [masculine] (Czech), spinetti (Finnish), épinette [feminine] (French), Spinett [neuter] (German), spinét (Hungarian), espineto (Ido), spinetta [feminine] (Italian), спине́та (spinéta) [masculine] (Macedonian), spinett [neuter] (Norwegian), espineta [feminine] (Occitan), szpinet [masculine] (Polish), espineta [feminine] (Portuguese), spinetă [feminine] (Romanian), спине́т (spinét) [masculine] (Russian), espineta [feminine] (Spanish), spinett (Swedish), espineta (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-spinet-en-noun-8~V48Fnm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 80 20 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 86 14 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈspɪn.ɪt/ Forms: spinets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪnɪt Etymology: Latin spīnētum. Doublet of spinney Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{lena}}, {{m|la|spīnētum}} spīnētum, {{doublet|en|spinney}} Doublet of spinney Head templates: {{en-noun}} spinet (plural spinets)
  1. (obsolete) A spinney. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-spinet-en-noun-56qNpYYP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1603, Ben Jonson, The Entertainment at Althorp",
          "text": "The invention was to have a Satyr lodged in a little spinet, by which her majesty and the prince were to come",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A spinney."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spinney",
          "spinney"
        ],
        [
          "Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary",
          "w:Webster's Dictionary#Webster's New International Dictionary 1909"
        ],
        [
          "G. & C. Merriam",
          "w:Merriam-Webster"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A spinney."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɪn.ɪt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪnɪt"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "spinet"
  ],
  "word": "spinet"
}

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