zongora

== English == === Noun === zongora (plural not attested) (music) A guitar-like musical instrument of Romania, having originally two strings and now four or five. == Hungarian == === Etymology === From the verb zeng (“to resound”), by analogy with words ending in -ora, interpreted as a suffix. An example of such a word is tambora, an obsolete form of tambura (“tamboura”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. First attested in 1787. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈzoŋɡorɒ] Rhymes: -rɒ Hyphenation: zon‧go‧ra Syllabification: zon‧go‧ra === Noun === zongora (plural zongorák) piano (percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white- and black-colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === zongora in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. zongora in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI