spinet

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English

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A French-made spinet.

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian spinetta.

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Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈspɪn.ɪt/, /spɪˈnɛt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈspɪn.ɪt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛt, -ɪnɪt

Noun

spinet (plural spinets)

  1. (music) A short, compact harpsichord or piano.
    • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 14, in Crime out of Mind‎:
      He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.
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Etymology 2

Latin spīnētum. Doublet of spinney

Pronunciation

Noun

spinet (plural spinets)

  1. (obsolete) A spinney.[1]

References

  1. ^ “spinet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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Czech

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: spi‧net

Noun

spinet m inan

  1. (music) spinet

Declension

Declension of spinet (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative spinet spinety
genitive spinetu spinetů
dative spinetu spinetům
accusative spinet spinety
vocative spinete spinety
locative spinetě, spinetu spinetech
instrumental spinetem spinety

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Further reading

  • “spinet”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “spinet”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Romanian

Etymology

From spin +‎ -et.

Noun

spinet n (plural spineturi)

  1. thornbush

Declension

Declension of spinet
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) spinet spinetul (niște) spineturi spineturile
genitive/dative (unui) spinet spinetului (unor) spineturi spineturilor
vocative spinetule spineturilor
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