DULCIMER


Meaning of DULCIMER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdəl-sə-mər ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English dowcemere, from Middle French doulcemer, from Old Italian dolcimelo, from dolce sweet, from Latin dulcis

Date: 15th century

1. : a stringed instrument of trapezoidal shape played with light hammers held in the hands

2. or dul·ci·more -ˌmȯr : an American folk instrument with three or four strings stretched over an elongate fretted sound box that is held on the lap and played by plucking or strumming

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.