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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024spin•et /ˈspɪnɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Music and Dancea small upright piano.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024spin•et (spin′it),USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dancea small upright piano.
- Music and Dancea small, square piano.
- Music and Danceany of various small harpsichords.
- Music, Music and DanceAlso called spin′et or′gan. a small electric organ.
- Italian spinetta, probably equivalent. to spin(a) thorn (see spine) + -etta diminutive suffix; the existence of an instrument-maker named Spinetti is unverified
- French
- aphetic variant of obsolete espinette 1655–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: spinet /spɪˈnɛt; ˈspɪnɪt/ n - a small type of harpsichord having one manual
Etymology: 17th Century: from Italian spinetta, perhaps from Giovanni Spinetti, 16th-century Italian maker of musical instruments and its supposed inventor |