any musical instrument producing sounds through the vibration of strings, such as the piano, harp, violin, or guitar
Derived forms
chordophonic (ˌchordoˈphonic)
adjective
chordophone in American English
(ˈkɔrdəˌfoun)
noun
a stringed instrument of a group including the harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers
Word origin
[1935–40; chord1 + -o- + -phone]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: gangbuster, prime mover, roadblock, unit trust, walk-through-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer); -phone is a combining form meaning “speech sound” (homophone), “an instrument of sound transmission or reproduction” (telephone), “a musical instrument” (saxophone; xylophone)
Examples of 'chordophone' in a sentence
chordophone
Differently from expected, their illustrations do not register any figure eight-shaped chordophone as the traditional viola and violão.
Renato Moreira Varoni de Castro 2015, 'Musical iconography by travel artists in nineteenth century Brazil', Visualidadeshttp://revistas.ufg.emnuvens.com.br/VISUAL/article/view/33248. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)