Noun: zither
| Singular | zither |
| Plural | zithers |
Sample Sentences
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“And where you ever got the idea that you'd hit it off with a vampire is beyond me.” “And for your information, she's not a vampire. She just likes to dress that way.” “Oh, I'm sorry. All palid pouty people look alike to me.” “Plus, she's a very talented zither player.” “Which you know all about and love so much. [chuckles] You realize you're really gonna humiliate yourself.” “Hey thanks, man. I really needed that positive reinforcement.” “No problem. Glad to be of service. Stop by any time! Good luck on your date!” [1999 August 24, Japhet Asher and Peter Gaffney, “Insomnia” (5:30 from the start), in Downtown, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Alex Henson (Gregory Gilmore), archived from the original on 20 Mar 2021:]
Nouns inflected like zither
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from German Zither, from Old High German zithara, from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “a kind of harp”). Doublet of cithara, cither, and guitar. See: German Nouns '
Zither', Latin Nouns '
cithara', Ancient Greek Nouns '
κιθάρα'.