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theorbo

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /θiˈɔɹ.boʊ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /θiˈɔː.bəʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: TH IY0 AO1 R B OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

A baroque, double-necked lute having an extra set of open bass strings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Italian tiorba, from Ottoman Turkish طوربه (torba).

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: tiorba — theorbo
  • Catalan: tiorba — theorbo
  • Czech: theorba — theorbo
  • Dutch: theorbe — theorbo
  • Esperanto: teorbo — theorbo
  • Finnish: teorbi — theorbo
  • French: théorbe — theorbo
  • French: téorbe — theorbo
  • Georgian: თეორბო (teorbo) — theorbo
  • German: Theorbe — theorbo
  • Greek: θεόρβη (theórvi) — theorbo
  • Hebrew: תיאורבו — theorbo
  • Hungarian: teorba — theorbo
  • Ido: teorbo — theorbo
  • Irish: siotaróiné — theorbo
  • Italian: chitarrone — theorbo
  • Italian: tiorba — theorbo
  • Japanese: テオルボ (teorubo) — theorbo
  • Lithuanian: teorba — theorbo
  • Macedonian: те́орба (téorba) — theorbo
  • Norwegian Bokmål: teorbe — theorbo
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: teorbe — theorbo
  • Occitan: teorba — theorbo
  • Persian: تیوربو — theorbo
  • Polish: teorban — theorbo
  • Portuguese: tiorba — theorbo
  • Portuguese: teorba — theorbo
  • Romanian: teorbă — theorbo
  • Russian: теорба (teorba) — theorbo
  • Spanish: tiorba — theorbo
  • Swedish: teorb — theorbo
  • Ukrainian: теорба (teorba) — theorbo
  • Vietnamese: têooc — theorbo