cithern

Questions about cithern

What does cithern mean?

cithern means "a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings".

How many syllables are in cithern?

cithern has 2 syllables and divides as ci-thern under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for cithern?

Close synonyms include cittern, cither, citole, gittern. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cithern a common word?

cithern is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.