citole

Probably a French diminutive form of Latin cithara, and not from Latin cista (“a box”).

citole (plural citoles)

1. An archaic musical instrument whose exact form is uncertain, generally shown with four strings

• citoler

• octile

citole f (plural citoles)

1. citole

• “citole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.