Gittern Definition
gĭtərn
noun
A guitar of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
American Heritage
An early instrument of the guitar family, having an oval body and wire strings.
Webster's New World
verb
To play on the gittern.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Gittern
Noun
Singular:
gitternPlural:
gitternsOrigin of Gittern
-
Middle English giterne from Old French guiterne from Latin cithara cithara
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
-
From Old French guiterne, ultimately from Old Spanish guitarra.
From Wiktionary
Find Similar Words
Find similar words to gittern using the buttons below.