| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| gittern |
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| SYLLABICATION: | git·tern |
| PRONUNCIATION: | g t rn |
| NOUN: | A guitar of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English giterne, from Old French guiterne, from Latin cithara. See cithara.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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