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- [duhl-suh-mer]
- /ˈdʌl sə mər/
- /ˈdʌl.sɪ.mər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [duhl-suh-mer]
- /ˈdʌl sə mər/
Definitions of dulcimer word
- noun dulcimer Also called hammered dulcimer, hammer dulcimer. a trapezoidal zither with metal strings that are struck with light hammers. 1
- noun dulcimer Also called mountain dulcimer. a modern folk instrument related to the guitar and plucked with the fingers. 1
- noun dulcimer A musical instrument with a sounding board or box, typically trapezoidal in shape, over which strings of graduated length are stretched, played by being struck with handheld hammers. 1
- noun dulcimer 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 0
- noun dulcimer an instrument used in US folk music, consisting of an elliptical body, a fretted fingerboard, and usually three strings plucked with a goose quill 0
- noun dulcimer a zither having a usually trapezoidal shape and a number of metal strings, which are struck with two small hammers by the player 0
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Origin of dulcimer
First appearance:
before 1560 One of the 32% oldest English words
1560-70; alteration of Middle English dowcemere < Middle French doulcemer, dissimilated variant of doulcemele < Old Italian dolcimelo, dolzemele < Latin dulce melos sweet song. See dulcet, melic
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Parts of speech for Dulcimer
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dulcimer popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
dulcimer usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with dulcimer
- what is a dulcimer?
- how to tune a dulcimer?
- how to play a dulcimer?
- how to play the dulcimer?
- how to play dulcimer?
- how to play mountain dulcimer?
- how to make a dulcimer?
- what is dulcimer instrument?
- what does dulcimer mean?
- how to string a dulcimer?
- how to build a dulcimer?
- how to play the dulcimer for beginners?
- how to play hammered dulcimer?
- when was the dulcimer invented?
- how to tune a hammered dulcimer?
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