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A peg or screw used to tighten or loosen strings on a musical instrument in order to produce concordant sounds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
stemschroef
— peg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
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Dutch:
stemknop
— peg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
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French:
cheville
— peg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
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German:
Wirbel
— peg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
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Italian:
pirolo
— peg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
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Māori:
kōwiri
— peg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
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Polish:
stroik
— peg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
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Portuguese:
cravelha
— peg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
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Romansh:
claviglia
— peg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
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Spanish:
clavija
— peg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
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Swedish:
stämskruv
— peg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
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Welsh:
cyweirgorn
— peg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
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Welsh:
ebill cyweirio
— peg or screw to loosen or tighten strings on musical instruments
