"theorbo" meaning in English

See theorbo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /θiˈɔɹ.boʊ/ [General-American], /θiˈɔː.bəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: theorbos [plural], theorboes [plural]
Etymology: From Italian tiorba, from Turkish torba. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|it|tiorba}} Italian tiorba, {{uder|en|tr|torba}} Turkish torba Head templates: {{en-noun|s|theorboes}} theorbo (plural theorbos or theorboes)
  1. (music) A baroque, double-necked lute having an extra set of open bass strings. Wikipedia link: theorbo Categories (topical): Musical instruments Synonyms: chitarrone Derived forms: theorbist, theorboist Translations (theorbo): tiorba (Basque), tiorba [feminine] (Catalan), theorba [feminine] (Czech), theorbe [feminine] (Dutch), teorbo (Esperanto), teorbi (Finnish), théorbe [masculine] (French), téorbe [masculine] (French), თეორბო (teorbo) (Georgian), Theorbe [feminine] (German), θεόρβη (theórvi) [feminine] (Greek), תיאורבו (Hebrew), teorba (Hungarian), teorbo (Ido), siotaróiné [feminine] (Irish), chitarrone [masculine] (Italian), tiorba [feminine] (Italian), テオルボ (teorubo) (Japanese), teorba [feminine] (Lithuanian), те́орба (téorba) [feminine] (Macedonian), teorbe [feminine] (Norwegian Bokmål), teorbe [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), teorba [feminine] (Occitan), تیوربو (Persian), teorba [feminine] (Polish), tiorba [feminine] (Portuguese), teorba [feminine] (Portuguese), teorbă [feminine] (Romanian), теорба (teorba) [feminine] (Russian), tiorba [feminine] (Spanish), teorb [common-gender] (Swedish), теорба (teorba) [feminine] (Ukrainian), têooc (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "theorbo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teorba"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "téorba",
      "sense": "theorbo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "те́орба"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "theorbo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teorbe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "theorbo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teorbe"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "theorbo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teorba"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "theorbo",
      "word": "تیوربو"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "theorbo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teorba"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "theorbo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tiorba"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "theorbo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teorba"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "theorbo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teorbă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "teorba",
      "sense": "theorbo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "теорба"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "theorbo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tiorba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "theorbo",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "teorb"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "teorba",
      "sense": "theorbo",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "теорба"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "theorbo",
      "word": "têooc"
    }
  ],
  "word": "theorbo"
}

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