chordophone

chordophone [kawr-duh-fohn] Word Origin noun

1. a stringed instrument of a group including the harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers.

Origin of chordophone First recorded in 1935–40; chord1 + -o- + -phone British Dictionary definitions for chordophone chordophone noun

1. any musical instrument producing sounds through the vibration of strings, such as the piano, harp, violin, or guitar