cistre

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from French cistre, from Middle French citre, from Vulgar Latin *cithera, from Latin cithara (itself from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára)). Doublet of cítara and guitarra. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈsis.tɾə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈsis.tɾe] === Noun === cistre m (plural cistres) cittern === Further reading === “cistre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French citre, from Vulgar Latin *cithera, from Latin cithara (itself from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára)), and probably influenced by sistre, from Latin sistrum. Doublet of cithare and guitare. Compare also citole. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sistʁ/ === Noun === cistre m (plural cistres) (music) cittern ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: cistre → Portuguese: cistre === Further reading === “cistre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === cistro === Etymology === Borrowed from French cistre, from Middle French citre, from Latin cithara. Doublet of cítara, guitarra, and cítola. === Pronunciation === === Noun === cistre m (plural cistres) cittern (stringed instrument of the Renaissance)