† quadrichordn.

Forms: 1500s quadricord, 1700s quadrichord.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French quadricorde; Latin quadrichordum.

Etymology: < Middle French quadricorde (1568 in the passage translated in quot. 1585) and its etymon post-classical Latin quadrichordum musical instrument with four strings (6th cent. in Boethius) < classical Latin quadri- quadri- comb. form + ancient Greek χορδή chord n.¹ Compare tetrachord n.

Music. Obsolete. rare.

= tetrachord n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > [noun] > specific number of strings

decachord?1567

quadrichord1585

decachordon1602

tetrachord1603

pentachord1721

heptachord1765

monochord1771

dichord1776

trichord1776

octachord1786

hendecachord1794

tone-measurer-

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. ix. f. 42^v Terpandre the famous Musition, which joined the seventh string to the quadricord [Fr. quadricorde].

1728 R. North Mem. Musick (1846) 34 That these might augment the voice is certain, but then they must be tuned to the quadrichord.

1851 Encycl. Amer. (new ed.) III. 407/1 The dissonant chords are first obtained by adding to the triad another third, which, consequently, stands in the relation of a seventh to the fundamental, and produces a quadrichord.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	quadrichord
释义	† quadrichordn. Forms: 1500s quadricord, 1700s quadrichord. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French quadricorde; Latin quadrichordum. Etymology: < Middle French quadricorde (1568 in the passage translated in quot. 1585) and its etymon post-classical Latin quadrichordum musical instrument with four strings (6th cent. in Boethius) < classical Latin quadri- quadri- comb. form + ancient Greek χορδή chord n.¹ Compare tetrachord n. Music. Obsolete. rare. = tetrachord n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > [noun] > specific number of strings decachord?1567 quadrichord1585 decachordon1602 tetrachord1603 pentachord1721 heptachord1765 monochord1771 dichord1776 trichord1776 octachord1786 hendecachord1794 tone-measurer- 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. ix. f. 42^v Terpandre the famous Musition, which joined the seventh string to the quadricord [Fr. quadricorde]. 1728 R. North Mem. Musick (1846) 34 That these might augment the voice is certain, but then they must be tuned to the quadrichord. 1851 Encycl. Amer. (new ed.) III. 407/1 The dissonant chords are first obtained by adding to the triad another third, which, consequently, stands in the relation of a seventh to the fundamental, and produces a quadrichord. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1585
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