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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dul•ci•mer (dul′sə mər),USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dancea trapezoidal zither with metal strings that are struck with light hammers.
- Music and Dancea modern folk instrument related to the guitar and plucked with the fingers.
- Latin dulce melos sweet song. See dulcet, melic
- Old Italian dolcimelo, dolzemele
- Middle French doulcemer, dissimilated variant of doulcemele
- alteration of Middle English dowcemere 1560–70
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dulcimer /ˈdʌlsɪmə/ n - a tuned percussion instrument consisting of a set of strings of graduated length stretched over a sounding board and struck with a pair of hammers
- an instrument used in US folk music, consisting of an elliptical body, a fretted fingerboard, and usually three strings plucked with a goose quill
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French doulcemer, from Old Italian dolcimelo, from dolce sweet, from Latin dulcis + -melo, perhaps from Greek melos song |