chitarrone

[ kee-tuh-roh-ney; Italian kee-tahr-raw-ne ]

noun,plural chi·tar·ro·ni [kee-tuh-roh-nee]. /ˌki təˈroʊ ni/.
  1. an early musical stringed instrument of the lute family with a long neck and two pegboxes, one above the other.

Origin of chitarrone

1
1730–40; <Italian, augmentative of chitarra<Greek kithára lyre

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chitarrone

/ (ˌkɪtɑːˈrəʊnɪ, ˌtʃɪt-) /


nounplural -ni (-nɪ)
  1. a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy

Origin of chitarrone

1
Italian, from chitarra, from Greek kithara lyre

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