chordophone

noun

chor·​do·​phone

ˈkȯrdəˌfōn

plural chordophones

: any of a class of musical instruments (such as a guitar or piano) whose sound is generated by plucking, bowing, or striking stretched strings : stringed instrument compare aerophone, electrophone, idiophone, lamellophone, membranophone

chordophonic

¦⸗⸗¦fänik

adjective

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary chord- + -phone

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

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