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Rebec
Re′bec
(rē′bĕk)
, Noun.
[F., fr. It.
ribeca
, ribeba
, fr. Ar. rabāb
a musical instrument of a round form.] 1.
(Mus.)
An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin, having three strings, and being played with a bow.
[Written also
rebeck
.] Milton.
He turn’d his
rebec
to a mournful note. Drayton.
2.
A contemptuous term applied to an old woman.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Definition 2024
rebec
rebec
English
Noun
rebec (plural rebecs)
- (music) An early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin only pear shaped, played with a bow and used in Medieval and the early Renaissance eras.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
- The villages also must have their visitors to enquire what lectures the bagpipe and the rebbeck reads ev'n to the ballatry, and the gammuth of every municipal fidler, for these are the Countrymans Arcadia's and his Monte Mayors.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
Derived terms
See also
- Appendix:Glossary of chordophones
Translations
Finnish
Noun
rebec
Declension
| Inflection of rebec (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rebec | rebecit | |
| genitive | rebecin | rebecien | |
| partitive | rebeciä | rebecejä | |
| illative | rebeciin | rebeceihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rebec | rebecit | |
| accusative | nom. | rebec | rebecit |
| gen. | rebecin | ||
| genitive | rebecin | rebecien | |
| partitive | rebeciä | rebecejä | |
| inessive | rebecissä | rebeceissä | |
| elative | rebecistä | rebeceistä | |
| illative | rebeciin | rebeceihin | |
| adessive | rebecillä | rebeceillä | |
| ablative | rebeciltä | rebeceiltä | |
| allative | rebecille | rebeceille | |
| essive | rebecinä | rebeceinä | |
| translative | rebeciksi | rebeceiksi | |
| instructive | — | rebecein | |
| abessive | rebecittä | rebeceittä | |
| comitative | — | rebeceineen | |