e/Gittern

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has gloss	eng: The gittern was a relatively small, quill-plucked, gut strung instrument that originated around the 13th century and came to Europe via Moorish Spain. A predecessor of the guitar, the gittern outwardly resembled the mandore, and was a relative of the lute in as much as its back was similarly rounded. However, the gittern was much smaller, and had no clear division between the body and neck. Generally its body and neck were constructed from a single piece of wood. A popular instrument with the minstrels and amateur musicians of the 14th century, the gittern eventually out-competed its rival, the citole. Soon after, its popularity began to fade, giving rise to the larger and more evocative lute.
lexicalization	eng: gittern
instance of	(noun) any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds instrument, musical instrument

Meaning
Czech
has gloss	ces: Kvinterna (gyterne, gyttrone, gitteron, guiterne, quinterne, někdy i mandoře) Středověký drnkací nástroj s plochou zadní deskou, třemi nebo čtyřmi střevovými strunami obvykle ve zdvojeném tažení a opražcovaným hmatníkem.
lexicalization	ces: Kvinterna
French
has gloss	fra: La guiterne était un instrument de musique médiéval à cordes pincées. La guiterne était jouée avec un plectre et avait des cordes en boyau. Elle avait un corps en forme de demi-poire, le corps et le manche étaient construits dune même pièce de bois. La guiterne avait habituellement trois ou quatre cordes doubles bien quun exemple avec cinq chœurs (cordes doubles) soit répertorié.
lexicalization	fra: guiterne
Italian
has gloss	ita: La guiterne era uno strumento musicale medioevale a corde pizzicate. Veniva suonata tramite un plettro che serviva a pizzicare le corde di budello. Aveva la cassa armonica a forma di mezza pera, abbastanza somigliante a quella di un mandolino, e sia la cassa che il manico erano realizzati da un unico pezzo di legno. La guiterne aveva normalmente tre o quattro corde doppie, anche se ce ne è pervenuto un esemplare a cinque corde doppie.
lexicalization	ita: guiterne

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