Is the zither a hard instrument to learn?
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Zither
//ˈzɪ.ðə//
Synonyms for "zither" (3 found)
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23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
54 translations across 46 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- կիթառ noun (musical instrument)
- ցիտրա noun (musical instrument)
Bulgarian
1 entries- цитра noun (musical instrument)
Catalan
1 entries- cítara noun (musical instrument)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 古琴 noun (musical instrument)
- 琴 noun (musical instrument)
Czech
1 entries- citera noun (musical instrument)
Danish
1 entries- citer noun (musical instrument)
Dutch
1 entries- citer noun (musical instrument)
Estonian
1 entries- tsitter noun (musical instrument)
Finnish
1 entries- sitra noun (musical instrument)
French
1 entries- cithare noun (musical instrument)
Galician
1 entries- cítara noun (musical instrument)
Georgian
1 entries- ციტრა noun (musical instrument)
German
1 entries- Zither noun (musical instrument)
Greek
1 entries- τσίτερ noun (musical instrument)
Hebrew
1 entries- צִיתָר noun (musical instrument)
Hindi
2 entries- संतूर noun (musical instrument)
- सितार noun (musical instrument)
Hungarian
1 entries- citera noun (musical instrument)
Icelandic
1 entries- sítar noun (musical instrument)
Ido
1 entries- citaro noun (musical instrument)
Irish
2 entries- siotar noun (musical instrument)
- siotár noun (musical instrument)
Italian
1 entries- cetra noun (musical instrument)
Japanese
1 entries- ツィター noun (musical instrument)
Kalmyk
1 entries- ятһа noun (musical instrument)
Korean
1 entries- 치터 noun (musical instrument)
Latin
1 entries- cithara noun (musical instrument)
Macedonian
1 entries- цитра noun (musical instrument)
Malay
1 entries- ziter noun (musical instrument)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡶᡳᡨᡠᡥᠠᠨ noun (musical instrument)
Mongolian
1 entries- ятга noun (musical instrument)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- harpeleik noun (musical instrument)
- siter noun (musical instrument)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- harpeleik noun (musical instrument)
- siter noun (musical instrument)
Persian
1 entries- سنتور noun (musical instrument)
Polish
1 entries- cytra noun (musical instrument)
Portuguese
1 entries- cítara noun (musical instrument)
Romanian
1 entries- țiteră noun (musical instrument)
Russian
1 entries- ци́тра noun (musical instrument)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- cȉtra noun (musical instrument)
- ци̏тра noun (musical instrument)
Slovak
1 entries- citra noun (musical instrument)
Slovene
1 entries- cítre noun (musical instrument)
Spanish
1 entries- cítara noun (musical instrument)
Swedish
1 entries- cittra noun (musical instrument)
Tagalog
1 entries- sitara noun (musical instrument)
Thai
2 entries- จะเข้ noun (musical instrument)
- ซิทเธอร์ noun (musical instrument)
Ukrainian
1 entries- цитра noun (musical instrument)
Uzbek
1 entries- sitra noun (musical instrument)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đàn tranh noun (musical instrument)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Tom plays the zither.
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Mary plays the zither.
Source: tatoeba (8252353)
He accompanies his songs with plaintive chords played on a poor-quality zither.
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