dichordn.

Brit.

/ˈdʌɪkɔːd/, U.S.

/ˈdaɪˌkɔrd/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek δίχορδον.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek δίχορδον instrument having two strings < Byzantine Greek δίχορδος two-stringed (although this is apparently first attested later) < ancient Greek δι- di- comb. form + χορδή string (of a lyre), chord (see chord n.¹). Compare earlier monochord n.

Music.

An instrument having two strings. Also: an instrument with pairs of strings tuned to the same note (rare).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > [noun] > specific number of strings

decachord?1567

quadrichord1585

decachordon1602

tetrachord1603

pentachord1721

heptachord1765

monochord1771

dichord1776

trichord1776

octachord1786

hendecachord1794

tone-measurer-

1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 206 This dichord, or two-stringed instrument.

1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Dichord, in music, the name given to the two-stringed lyre, said to have been invented by the Egyptian Mercury.

1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 134/1 Dichord, (1) An instrument having two strings. (2) An instrument having two strings to each note.

1876 Musical Times June 502/1 Several drawings..of Egyptian, Scotch, Irish, and Welsh instruments were exhibited, as were also some sketches..of the ‘Dichord’, the most ancient stringed instrument with a neck.

1911 F. W. Galpin Old Eng. Instruments of Music v. 97 It was originally simply a bowed Monochord... In order to extend the scale, other and shorter strings were added and Dichords and Trichords were formed.

1994 Observer 13 Mar. 10/3 The couple have just completed a small two-string instrument—a dichord—probably the first time its droning sound will have been heard for several hundred years.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dichord
释义	dichordn. Brit. /ˈdʌɪkɔːd/, U.S. /ˈdaɪˌkɔrd/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek δίχορδον. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek δίχορδον instrument having two strings < Byzantine Greek δίχορδος two-stringed (although this is apparently first attested later) < ancient Greek δι- di- comb. form + χορδή string (of a lyre), chord (see chord n.¹). Compare earlier monochord n. Music. An instrument having two strings. Also: an instrument with pairs of strings tuned to the same note (rare). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > [noun] > specific number of strings decachord?1567 quadrichord1585 decachordon1602 tetrachord1603 pentachord1721 heptachord1765 monochord1771 dichord1776 trichord1776 octachord1786 hendecachord1794 tone-measurer- 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 206 This dichord, or two-stringed instrument. 1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Dichord, in music, the name given to the two-stringed lyre, said to have been invented by the Egyptian Mercury. 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 134/1 Dichord, (1) An instrument having two strings. (2) An instrument having two strings to each note. 1876 Musical Times June 502/1 Several drawings..of Egyptian, Scotch, Irish, and Welsh instruments were exhibited, as were also some sketches..of the ‘Dichord’, the most ancient stringed instrument with a neck. 1911 F. W. Galpin Old Eng. Instruments of Music v. 97 It was originally simply a bowed Monochord... In order to extend the scale, other and shorter strings were added and Dichords and Trichords were formed. 1994 Observer 13 Mar. 10/3 The couple have just completed a small two-string instrument—a dichord—probably the first time its droning sound will have been heard for several hundred years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1776
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