samisen

English

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Alternative forms

• shamisen

Etymology

Japanese 三味線 (さみせん), from Chinese 三弦 sānxián, from sān ‘three’ + xián ‘string’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsæmɪsɛn/

Noun

samisen (plural samisen)

1. A kind of three-stringed Japanese lute

   • 1982: He sees her chastened and cast-down eyes as she kneels and tinkles away on her samisen — John Fowles, Mantissa

Translations

shamisen — see shamisen

Anagrams

• inseams
• Messina
• sesamin

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Finnish

Noun

samisen

1. (music) Alternative spelling of shamisen.

Declension

Declension of samisen (type risti) singular plural nominative samisen samisenit genitive samisenin samisenien partitive samisenia samiseneja accusative samisen samisenin samisenit inessive samisenissa samiseneissa elative samisenista samiseneista illative samiseniin samiseneihin adessive samisenilla samiseneilla ablative samisenilta samiseneilta allative samisenille samiseneille essive samisenina samiseneina translative samiseniksi samiseneiksi instructive – samisenein abessive samisenitta samiseneitta comitative – samiseneineen

Anagrams

• masensi, samensi