English-Thai Dictionary
samisen
N เครื่องดนตรี คล้าย กีตาร์ ของ ญี่ปุ่น
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SAMISEN
SAMISEN Sam "i *sen, n. [Jap. ] (Mus. )
Defn: A Japanese musical instrument with three strings, resembling a guitar or banjo.
New American Oxford Dictionary
samisen
sam i sen |ˈsamiˌsen ˈsæməsɛn |(also shamisen |ˈSHam- |) ▶noun a traditional Japanese three-stringed lute with a square body, played with a large plectrum. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: Japanese, from Chinese san-hsien, from san ‘three ’ + hsien ‘string. ’
Oxford Dictionary
samisen
samisen |ˈsamɪsɛn |(also shamisen |ˈʃamɪsɛn |) ▶noun a traditional Japanese three-stringed lute with a square body, played with a large plectrum. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: Japanese, from Chinese san-hsien, from san ‘three ’ + hsien ‘string ’.
Duden Dictionary
Samisen
Sa mi sen Substantiv, feminin , die Schamisen |S a misen |die Samisen; Genitiv: der Samisen, Plural: die Samisen japanisch dreisaitige, mit einem Kiel gezupfte japanische Gitarre