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A French-made spinet.

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Italian spinetta.

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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spinet (plural spinets)

  1. (music) A short, compact harpsichord or piano.
    • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 14, in Crime out of Mind[1]:
      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

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Latin spīnētum. Doublet of spinney

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spinet (plural spinets)

  1. (obsolete) A spinney.[1]

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Czech

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈspɪnɛt]
  • Hyphenation: spi‧net

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spinet m inan

  1. (music) spinet

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Further reading

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

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Etymology

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From spin +‎ -et.

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spinet n (plural spineturi)

  1. thornbush

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