psaltery en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsɒl.tə.ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /ˈsɔl.tə.ɹi/ (General-American)
- /ˈsɒl.tɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈsɔːl-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈsɑl.tə.ɹi/ (General-American)
Etymology
A learned alteration of Middle English sauterie, sautrie (rarely psautry), from Old French psalterie, from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “stringed instrument, psaltery, harp”), from ψάλλω (psállō, “to touch sharply, to pluck, to pull, to twitch” and in the case of the strings of musical instruments, “to play a stringed instrument with the fingers, and not with the plectron”). Doublet of psalter, psalterion, and psalterium. Cognate of psalm and psalmody.
Meanings
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A zither-like musical instrument consisting of a soundboard with multiple strings, played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.
And at the dedication of the wall of Ieruſalem, they ſought the Leuites out of all their places, to bꝛing them to Ieruſalem, to keepe the dedication with gladneſſe, both with thankeſgiuings and with ſinging, with cymbals, pſalteries, and with harpes.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Nehemiah 12:27:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| psaltry | alternative | lexicographic | |
| sawtry | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| psalteries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
psalterist · psalteryist · bowed psaltery
Relateds
Synonyms
psalter · psalterium · psalterion
Translations (39)
ca psaltiri (instrument) · gv claasagh rea (instrument) · cu псалътꙑр҄ь (instrument) · ko 솔터리 (instrument) · bg псалтерий (instrument) · fi psalttari (instrument) · cy nabl (instrument) · tl salterio (instrument) · ky гуслинин (instrument) · el ψαλτήριο (instrument) · pl psalterion (instrument) · ko 프살테리움 (instrument) · ru псалтерион (instrument) · grc ψαλτήριον (instrument) · sv psaltare (instrument) · ro psalterion (instrument) · pt saltério (instrument) · pl psalterium (instrument) · mk псалтир (instrument) · la psaltērium (instrument) · th เครื่องดนตรีโบราณ (instrument) · it salterio (instrument) · cmn 薩泰里琴 (instrument) · ca salteri (instrument) · ja プサルタリー (instrument) · cu псалътꙑрь (instrument) · ca psalteri (instrument) · uk псалтир (instrument) · cs žalář (instrument) · ro alăută (instrument) · es salterio (instrument) · cy saltring (instrument) · de Psalter (instrument) · enm sauterie (instrument) · nl psalter (instrument) · ar سُنْطُور آلَةْ مُوسِيقِيَّة (instrument) · ca saltiri (instrument) · enm sauter (instrument) · et psalteerium (instrument)