manˈdōlə noun
also man·do·ra -ōrə ; or man·dore manˈdō(ə)r, -dȯ(-, ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷
( -s )
Etymology: mandola, mandora from Italian, from French mandore, modification of Late Latin pandura, a three-stringed lute; mandore from French — more at bandore
: a 16th and 17th century lute with a pear-shaped body that is the ancestor of the smaller mandolin of the present day