theorbo

English

Etymology

From Italian tiorba, from Turkish torba.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /θiˈɔɹ.boʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /θiˈɔː.bəʊ/

Noun

theorbo (plural theorbos or theorboes)

1. (music) A baroque, double-necked lute having an extra set of open bass strings.
   • 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros‎^[1], London: Jonathan Cape, page 31:

     So when they said yea to this, he called to him his player on the theorbo and his player on the hautboy, and commanded them saying, “Play me a solemn music.”

Synonyms

• chitarrone

Derived terms

• theorbist, theorboist

Translations

theorbo

• Basque: tiorba
• Catalan: tiorba (ca) f
• Czech: theorba f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: theorbe (nl) f
• Esperanto: teorbo
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: teorbi (fi)
• French: théorbe (fr) m, téorbe (fr) m
• Georgian: თეორბო (teorbo)
• German: Theorbe (de) f
• Greek: θεόρβη f (theórvi)
• Hebrew: תיאורבו
• Hungarian: teorba
• Ido: teorbo (io)
• Irish: siotaróiné f
• Italian: chitarrone m, tiorba f
• Japanese: テオルボ (teorubo)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: teorba f
• Macedonian: те́орба f (téorba)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: teorbe f

  Nynorsk: teorbe f

• Occitan: teorba f
• Persian: تیوربو
• Polish: teorba f
• Portuguese: tiorba f, teorba f
• Romanian: teorbă (ro) f
• Russian: теорба (ru) f (teorba)
• Spanish: tiorba (es) f
• Swedish: teorb (sv) c
• Ukrainian: теорба f (teorba)
• Vietnamese: têooc