spinet

spinet
noun Etymology: Italian spinetta, perhaps from diminutive of spina thorn, from Latin; from the manner of plucking its strings Date: 1664 1. an early harpsichord having a single keyboard and only one string for each note 2. a. a compactly built small upright piano b. a small electronic organ

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  • spinet — SPINÉT, spineturi, s.n. (reg.) Spinărie. – Spin1 + suf. et. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  SPINÉT s. v. mărăcini, mărăciniş, spinărie. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime  spinét s. n …   Dicționar Român

  • Spinet — Spin et, n. [OF. espinete, F. [ e]pinette (cf. It. spinetta), fr. L. spina a thorn; so called because its quills resemble thorns. See {Spine}.] (Mus.) A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • spìnet — (špìnet razg.) m (spìneta ž) glazb. pov. instrument s tipkama građen na istom principu kao čembalo, upotrebljava se od kraja 15. st.; preteča klavira [»Prstići djevojke maleni šeću po starom ∼u.« D. Domjanić] ✧ {{001f}}njem. ← tal …   Veliki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika

  • špinet — špìnet m DEFINICIJA razg., v. spinet …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • spinet — spìnet (špìnet razg.) m (spìneta ž) DEFINICIJA glazb. pov. instrument s tipkama građen na istom principu kao čembalo, upotrebljava se od kraja 15. st.; preteča klavira ETIMOLOGIJA njem. ← tal …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • spinet — ► NOUN 1) a small harpsichord with the strings set obliquely to the keyboard, popular in the 18th century. 2) US a type of small upright piano. ORIGIN Italian spinetta virginal, spinet , from Latin spina thorn, spine, quill (the strings of the… …   English terms dictionary

  • Spinet — Spi net, n. [L. spinetum. See {Spinny}.] A spinny. [Obs.] B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Spinet — Spinet, eine alte Art Clavier, bei welchem die Saiten von Federspitzen geschlagen wurden …   Damen Conversations Lexikon

  • spinet — англ. [спинэ/т] Spinett нем. [спинэ/т] spinetta ит. [спинэ/тта] спинет (старин. клавишный инструм.) …   Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов

  • spinet — (n.) 1660s, spinette, small harpsichord, from older Fr. espinette (1520s), from It. spinetta, said by Scaliger to be a diminutive of spina thorn, spine, from L. spina thorn (see SPINE (Cf. spine)), so called because the strings were plucked with… …   Etymology dictionary

  • spinet — [spin′it, spi net′] n. [MFr espinete < It spinetta, said to be after its alleged inventor, G. Spinetti, but prob. < spina, thorn (< L, SPINE): so named from the pointed quills used to strike the strings] 1. an early, small variety of… …   English World dictionary

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