# dulcimer
## English
### Etymology

From Old French doulcemelle, probably from Latin dulce melos (“sweet song”), from Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “melody, song”).

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈdʌl.sɪ.mɚ/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdʌl.sɪ.mə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Hyphenation: dul‧ci‧mer

### Noun

dulcimer (plural dulcimers)
* A stringed instrument, with strings stretched across a sounding board, usually trapezoidal, played by plucking on the strings (traditionally with a quill) or by tapping on them (in the case of the hammer dulcimers).
    Coordinate term: zither
** 1797, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “Kubla Khan”, in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems‎, Courier Dover Publications, published 1992, →ISBN, page 59:A damsel with a dulcimer / In a vision once I saw: / It was an Abyssinian maid / And on her dulcimer she played, / Singing of Mount Abora.
** 1947 January 25, “Album Reviews: The Seven Joys of Mary—John: Jacob Niles (Disc 732)”, in The Billboard‎, volume 59, number 4, Nielsen Business Media, →ISSN, page 32:Accompanying himself with his dulcimer, a plectrum instrument of his own handicraft, Niles harks back to the balladeers of old.
** 2004, Madeline MacNeil, You Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer‎, Mel Bay Publications, →ISBN, Introduction, page 4:Played traditionally, the dulcimer sounds delightful with drones acenting the melody you are playing.

#### Derived terms

* Appalachian dulcimer (fretted dulcimer, lap dulcimer, dulcimore, mountain dulcimer)
* bowed dulcimer
* dulcijo, banjo dulcimer
* dulcimerist
* dulcimerlike
* electric dulcimer
* hammered dulcimer, hammer dulcimer

#### See also

* Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Italian dulcimero.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdulsimer/, [ˈduls̠ime̞r]
* IPA: /ˈdultʃimer/, [ˈdul̪.t̪ʃime̞r]
* Rhymes: -ulsimer
* Hyphenation: dul‧ci‧mer

### Noun

dulcimer
* (music) dulcimer (instrument)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of dulcimer (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dulcimerini
dulcimerini
accusative
nom.
dulcimerini
dulcimerini
gen.
dulcimerini
genitive
dulcimerini
dulcimerieni dulcimereideni dulcimereitteni
partitive
dulcimeriani
dulcimereitani dulcimerejani
inessive
dulcimerissani
dulcimereissani
elative
dulcimeristani
dulcimereistani
illative
dulcimeriini
dulcimereihini
adessive
dulcimerillani
dulcimereillani
ablative
dulcimeriltani
dulcimereiltani
allative
dulcimerilleni
dulcimereilleni
essive
dulcimerinani
dulcimereinani
translative
dulcimerikseni
dulcimereikseni
abessive
dulcimerittani
dulcimereittani
instructive
comitative
—dulcimereineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dulcimerisi
dulcimerisi
accusative
nom.
dulcimerisi
dulcimerisi
gen.
dulcimerisi
genitive
dulcimerisi
dulcimeriesi dulcimereidesi dulcimereittesi
partitive
dulcimeriasi
dulcimereitasi dulcimerejasi
inessive
dulcimerissasi
dulcimereissasi
elative
dulcimeristasi
dulcimereistasi
illative
dulcimeriisi
dulcimereihisi
adessive
dulcimerillasi
dulcimereillasi
ablative
dulcimeriltasi
dulcimereiltasi
allative
dulcimerillesi
dulcimereillesi
essive
dulcimerinasi
dulcimereinasi
translative
dulcimeriksesi
dulcimereiksesi
abessive
dulcimerittasi
dulcimereittasi
instructive
comitative
—dulcimereinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dulcimerimme
dulcimerimme
accusative
nom.
dulcimerimme
dulcimerimme
gen.
dulcimerimme
genitive
dulcimerimme
dulcimeriemme dulcimereidemme dulcimereittemme
partitive
dulcimeriamme
dulcimereitamme dulcimerejamme
inessive
dulcimerissamme
dulcimereissamme
elative
dulcimeristamme
dulcimereistamme
illative
dulcimeriimme
dulcimereihimme
adessive
dulcimerillamme
dulcimereillamme
ablative
dulcimeriltamme
dulcimereiltamme
allative
dulcimerillemme
dulcimereillemme
essive
dulcimerinamme
dulcimereinamme
translative
dulcimeriksemme
dulcimereiksemme
abessive
dulcimerittamme
dulcimereittamme
instructive
comitative
—dulcimereinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dulcimerinne
dulcimerinne
accusative
nom.
dulcimerinne
dulcimerinne
gen.
dulcimerinne
genitive
dulcimerinne
dulcimerienne dulcimereidenne dulcimereittenne
partitive
dulcimerianne
dulcimereitanne dulcimerejanne
inessive
dulcimerissanne
dulcimereissanne
elative
dulcimeristanne
dulcimereistanne
illative
dulcimeriinne
dulcimereihinne
adessive
dulcimerillanne
dulcimereillanne
ablative
dulcimeriltanne
dulcimereiltanne
allative
dulcimerillenne
dulcimereillenne
essive
dulcimerinanne
dulcimereinanne
translative
dulcimeriksenne
dulcimereiksenne
abessive
dulcimerittanne
dulcimereittanne
instructive
comitative
—dulcimereinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dulcimerinsa
dulcimerinsa
accusative
nom.
dulcimerinsa
dulcimerinsa
gen.
dulcimerinsa
genitive
dulcimerinsa
dulcimeriensa dulcimereidensa dulcimereittensa
partitive
dulcimeriaan dulcimeriansa
dulcimereitaan dulcimerejaan dulcimereitansa dulcimerejansa
inessive
dulcimerissaan dulcimerissansa
dulcimereissaan dulcimereissansa
elative
dulcimeristaan dulcimeristansa
dulcimereistaan dulcimereistansa
illative
dulcimeriinsa
dulcimereihinsa
adessive
dulcimerillaan dulcimerillansa
dulcimereillaan dulcimereillansa
ablative
dulcimeriltaan dulcimeriltansa
dulcimereiltaan dulcimereiltansa
allative
dulcimerilleen dulcimerillensa
dulcimereilleen dulcimereillensa
essive
dulcimerinaan dulcimerinansa
dulcimereinaan dulcimereinansa
translative
dulcimerikseen dulcimeriksensa
dulcimereikseen dulcimereiksensa
abessive
dulcimerittaan dulcimerittansa
dulcimereittaan dulcimereittansa
instructive
comitative
—dulcimereineen dulcimereinensa :