Англо-русский словарь - spinet
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spinet
noun спинет (род клавикордов)
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n. Mus. hist. a small harpsichord with oblique strings. Etymology: obs. F espinette f. It. spinetta virginal, spinet, dimin. of spina thorn etc. (as SPINE), with ref. to the plucked strings ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun Etymology: Italian ~ta, 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 ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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- also spinette, "small harpsichord" (1664), from Fr. espinette, from M.Fr., from It. spinetta, perhaps a dim. of spina "thorn, spine," from L. spina "thorn" (see spine), so called because the strings were plucked with thorn-like quills. The other theory is that it is an allusion to the name of the Venetian inventor, Giovanni Spinetti. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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