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Definition: Dulcimer |
DulcimerNoun1. A stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings. 2. A trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dulcimer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Dulcimer \Dul"ci*mer\, noun. [Italian dolcemele,r Spanish dulcemele, from the Latin expression dulcis sweet melos song, melody, Greek; compare to Old French doulcemele. See Dulcet, and Melody.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Dulcimer (Heb. sumphoniah), a musical instrument mentioned in Dan. 3:5, 15, along with other instruments there named, as sounded before the golden image. It was not a Jewish instrument. In the margin of the Revised Version it is styled the "bag-pipe." Luther translated it "lute," and Grotius the "crooked trumpet." It is probable that it was introduced into Babylon by some Greek or Western-Asiatic musician. Some Rabbinical commentators render it by "organ," the well-known instrument composed of a series of pipes, others by "lyre." The most probable interpretation is that it was a bag-pipe similar to the zampagna of Southern Europe. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of a dulcimer, denotes that the highest wishes in life will be attained by exalted qualities of mind. To women, this is significant of a life free from those petty jealousies which usually make women unhappy. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Dulcimer (Italian dolcimello), according to Bishop (Musical Dictionary, p. 45), is "a triangular chest strung with wires, which are struck with a little rod held in each hand;" but the word "symphonia," translated dulcimer in Daniel iii. 5, was a species of bagpipe. Fürst deduces it from the Hebrew smpn (a pipe). "The sound of cornet, flute, harp, sackbut psaltery, [symphony] or dulcimer, and all kinds of music." - Dan. iii. 5. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
This article deals with the Appalachian dulcimer; for the other instrument, see hammered dulcimer.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dulcimer."
Crosswords: Dulcimer |
| English words defined with "dulcimer": Citole. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Dulcimer" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Spanish (dulcimer). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Jean Ritchie, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, holding dulcimer. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Play | Caption |
 | Clarinet solo over a string drone with a hammered dulcimer at the end. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Elizabeth Barrett Browning | Experience, like a pale musician, holds a dulcimer of patience in his hand. |
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| "Dulcimer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dulcimer" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 18 | 82,615 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "dulcimer": cymbalon or dulcimer. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "dulcimer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | xinge, këmbal, çembalo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | سنطور آلة موسيقية قديمة, صنج, القانون آله وترية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornish | cythol. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | hudební nástroj (clavecin, clavichord, clavier, ukulele). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | cymbale (cymbalom, cymbalon or dulcimer, czimbal, czimbalo, czimbalom, czimbalon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | hakkebord (cymbalom, cymbalon or dulcimer, czimbal, czimbalo, czimbalom, czimbalon), cimbalon (cymbalom, cymbalon or dulcimer, czimbal, czimbalo, czimbalom, czimbalon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tympanon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | hackbrett (chopping board). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | είδοσ άρπασ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | cimbalom (cymbal, cymbalo, psaltery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | salterio (psalter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kishtey bing. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ulcimerday xilofone (xylophone), saltério (psaltery). (various references) ţambal. (various references) цимбалы (cembalo). (various references) cimbalo. (various references) dulcimer, dulcémele. (various references) cymbal (cymbal). (various references) santur (psaltery), gayda türü bir çalgı. (various references) цимбали (cembalo, cymbalo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | melos. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Daniel Chapter 3, Verse 5 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Otan akoushte thV fwnhV thV salpiggoV suriggoV kai kiqaraV sambukhV kai yalthriou sumfwniaV kai pantoV genouV mousikwn pesonteV proskunhsate th eikoni th crush hn esthse naboucodonosor basileuV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | In hora qua audieritis sonitum tubae et fistulae et citharae sambucae et psalterii et symphoniae et universi generis musicorum cadentes adorate statuam auream quam constituit Nabuchodonosor rex |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | In the hour in whiche ye shuln heere the sown of trumpe, and pipe, and harpe, sambuke, sautrie, and symfonie, and al kynde of musikis, ye fallynge wirshipe the golden ymage, whom Nabugodonosor, kyng, ordeynyde. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | That when the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all sorts of instruments, comes to your ears, you are to go down on your faces in worship before the image of gold which Nebuchadnezzar the king has put up: |
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| Language | Daniel Chapter 3, Verse 5 |
| Cebuano | Nga sa takna kamo makadungog sa tingog sa trompeta, flauta, alpa, sacabuche, salterio, dulcemele, ug sa tanang matang sa tulonggon, humapa kamo ug simbaha ang larawan nga bulawan nga gipatindog ni Nabucodonosor nga hari; |
| Croatian | u èasu kad zaèujete zvuke roga, frule, citre, sambuke, psaltira, gajda i svakovrsnih drugih glazbala, bacite se na tlo i poklonite se zlatnome kipu što ga podiže kralj Nabukodonozor! |
| Danish | Når I hører Horn, Fløjter, Citre, Harper, Hakkebrætter, Sækkepiber og alle Hånde andre Instrumenter klinge, skal I falde ned og tilbede Guldbilledstøtten, som Kong Nebukadnezar har ladet opstille. |
| Dutch | Ten tijde als gij horen zult het geluid des hoorns, der pijp, der citer, der vedel, der psalteren, des akkoordgezangs, en allerlei soorten van muziek, zo zult gijlieden nedervallen, en aanbidden het gouden beeld, hetwelk de koning Nebukadnezar heeft opgericht; |
| Finnish | heti kun te kuulette torvien, huilujen, kitarain, harppujen, psalttarien, säkkipillien ja kaikkinaisten muiden soittimien äänen, langetkaa maahan ja kumartaen rukoilkaa kultaista kuvapatsasta, jonka kuningas Nebukadnessar on pystyttänyt. |
| German | Wenn ihr hören werdet den Schall der Posaunen, Drommeten, Harfen, Geigen, Psalter, Lauten und allerlei Saitenspiel, so sollt ihr niederfallen und das goldene Bild anbeten, das der König Nebukadnezar hat setzen lassen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Jika trompet berbunyi, diikuti bunyi seruling, kecapi, rebab, gambus, serdam, dan alat-alat musik lainnya, saudara-saudara harus sujud menyembah patung emas yang telah didirikan oleh Raja Nebukadnezar. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Apabila kamu mendengar bunyi nafiri dan bangsi, kecapi, harbab, serdam, nobat dan segala jenis bunyi-bunyian, hendaklah kamu menyembah sujud kepada patung keemasan, yang telah didirikan oleh baginda raja Nebukadnezar itu. |
| Maori | A te wa e rongo ai koutou i te tangi o te koronete, o te putorino, o te hapa, o te hakaputa, o te hatere, o te taratimere, o nga mea tangi katoa, me takoto koutou, me koropiko ki te whakapakoko koura kua whakaturia nei e Kingi Nepukaneha. |
| Norwegian | Så snart I hører lyden av horn, fløite, citar, harpe, lutt og sekkepipe og alle andre slags strengelek, skal I falle ned og tilbede det gullbillede kong Nebukadnesar har stilt op. |
| Portuguese | Logo que ouvirdes o som da trombeta, da flauta, da harpa, da cítara, do saltério, da gaita de foles, e de toda a sorte de música, prostrar-vos-eis, e adorareis a imagem de ouro que o rei Nabucodonozor tem levantado. |
| Rumanian | Kn clipa cknd veyi auzi sunetul trkmbiyei, cavalului, chitarei, alqutei, psaltirii, cimpoiului, wi a tot felul de instrumente de muzicq, sq vq aruncayi cu faya la pqmknt, wi sq vq knchinayi chipului de aur, pe care l -a knqlyat kmpqratul Nebucadneyar. |
| Russian | Ч ФП ЧТЕНС, ЛБЛ ХУМЩЫЙФЕ ЪЧХЛ ФТХ'Щ, УЧЙТЕМЙ, "ЙФТЩ, "ЕЧОЙ"Щ, ЗХУМЕК Й УЙНЖПОЙЙ Й ЧУСЛЙИ НХЪЩЛБМШОЩИ ПТХ"ЙК, Б"ЙФЕ Й ПЛМПОЙФЕУШ ЪПМПФПНХ ЙУФХЛБОХ, ЛПФПТПЗП ПУФБЧЙМ "БТШ оБЧХИП"ПОПУПТ. |
| Spanish | que al oír el sonido de la corneta, de la flauta, de la cítara, de la lira, del arpa, de la zampoña y de todo instrumento de música, os postréis y rindáis homenaje a la estatua de oro que ha levantado el rey Nabucodonosor. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dulcimer": dulcimers. (additional references) | |
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"Dulcimer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Deblicker, Dulcamara, Dulci, dulciter, dulicmer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dulcimer" (pronounced du"lsumer) |
| 4 | -s u m er | gossamer, isomer. |
| 3 | -u m er | astronomer, customer, elastomer, latecomer, Lorimer, monomer, polymer. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-i-l-m-r-u" | |
-2 letters: cerium, clerid, culmed, curdle, curled, dermic, milder, uremic. | |
-3 letters: cider, clime, clued, cried, crime, crude, cruel, cured, curie, demur, dicer, dimer, idler, ileum, lemur, limed, lucid, lucre, ludic, lured, lurid, medic, melic, miler, mired, mucid, muled, mured, murid, relic, riced, riled, rimed, ruled, ulcer, ureic. | |
-4 letters: cedi, ceil, cire, clue, crud, cued, culm. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-i-l-m-r-u" | |
+1 letter: dulcimers, dulcimore. | |
+2 letters: dulcimores. | |
+3 letters: demiurgical, unreclaimed. | |
+4 letters: diverticulum, matriculated, multicolored, multitracked, vermiculated. | |
+5 letters: documentarily, multibranched. | |
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