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Definition: Zither |
ZitherNoun1. A musical stringed instrument with strings stretch over a flat sounding box; played with a plectrum and with fingers. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "zither" was first used: 1850. (references) |
Etymology: Zither \Zith"er\, noun. [from German expression zither. See Cittern.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Fine Arts | These instruments have a flat sound-box of approximately trapezoidal shape, and a large number of strings usually of metal. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Examples:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Zither."
Synonyms: ZitherSynonyms: cither (n), zithern (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Zither |
| English words defined with "zither": dulcimer ♦ koto ♦ psaltery. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Zither" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (zither, zithers), Italian (zither). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Tongue Twisters | Is this your sister's sixth zither, sir? (references; author: unknown) This is a zither. Is this a zither? (references; author: unknown) | |
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| "Zither" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Zither" is used about 15 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% | 15 | 90,616 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
zither | 81 |
string zither | 4 |
german zither | 4 |
music zither | 4 |
chinese zither | 4 |
picture zither | 4 |
pin zither | 3 |
sale zither | 3 |
mp3 zither | 3 |
harp zither | 2 |
guitar zither | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "zither"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | qestër. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | القانون آلة موسيقية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | цитра. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 古筝 (zithern). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | citera. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | zither (cither), citer (cither). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | citer (cither). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | citro. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نوعی سنتوریاقانون(مو.). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sitra. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cithare. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zither (zithers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σαντούρι (cither, cymbalom, cymbalon or dulcimer, czimbal, czimbalo, czimbalom, czimbalon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | citera. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | zither, cetra tirolese, cetra (cithara). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sittyr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | sitar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | itherzay cítara (cither). (various references) цитра. (various references) citra (cither, cittern). (various references) cítara. (various references) cittra (cither, cittern, gittern). (various references) เครื่อง"นตรีประเ ทพิ". (various references) kanuna benzer bir çalgı. (various references) цитра. (various references) đ n tam thập lục (zithern). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | kithara. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cithara. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "zither": zitherist, zitherists, zithern, zitherns, zithers. (additional references) | |
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"Zither" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aither, ither, Izhar, Sibthorp, sithee, Zaehner, Zehrer, zipher, zite, ziter, zithe, zithen, zitte, Zoehrer, Zohar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "zither" (pronounced zi"ther) |
| 3 | -i" th er | dither, hither, slither, whither, wither. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-i-r-t-z" | |
-1 letter: hertz, ither, their. | |
-2 letters: heir, hire, rite, ritz, thir, tier, tire. | |
-3 letters: eth, her, het, hie, hit, ire, rei, ret, the, tie, zit. | |
-4 letters: eh, er, et, he, hi, it, re, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-i-r-t-z" | |
+1 letter: zithern, zithers. | |
+2 letters: etherize, howitzer, theorize, yahrzeit, zitherns. | |
+3 letters: authorize, chintzier, etherized, etherizer, etherizes, gigahertz, howitzers, kilohertz, rheumatiz, rhythmize, rightsize, theorized, theorizer, theorizes, yahrzeits, zitherist. | |
+4 letters: authorized, authorizer, authorizes, catechizer, czarevitch, etherizers, etherizing, graphitize, mythicizer, prizefight, rhythmized, rhythmizes, rightsized, rightsizes, shmaltzier, theorizers, theorizing, thermalize, trichinize, weatherize, zitherists. | |
+5 letters: achromatize, authorizers, catechizers, catheterize, etherealize, graphitized, graphitizes, historicize, mythicizers, prizefights, reauthorize, rehypnotize, rheumatizes, rhizotomies, schmaltzier, sympathizer, synthesizer, theologizer, thermalized, thermalizes, trichinized, trichinizes, trophozoite, weatherized, weatherizes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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