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cem·ba·lo (ch

-l

)

n. pl. cem·ba·los

A harpsichord.

[Italian, short for clavicembalo, from Medieval Latin clvicymbalum : Latin clvis, key + Latin cymbalum, cymbal; see cymbal.]

cemba·list (-b

-l

st) n.

cembalo [ˈtʃɛmbələʊ]

n pl -li [-lɪ], -los

(Music / Instruments) another word for harpsichord

[shortened from clavicembalo]

cembalist n

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Noun

cembalo - a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots

harpsichord

Klavier, clavier - a stringed instrument that has a keyboard

spinet - early model harpsichord with only one string per note

pair of virginals, virginal - a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries

Translations

cembalo [ˈtʃembələʊ] N (cembalos or cembali (pl)) [ˈtʃembəlɪ] → clavicordio m, clave m

cembalo

n (Mus) → Cembalo nt

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