cembalo (redirected from cembalos)

cem·ba·lo  (chmb-l)

n. pl. cem·ba·los

A harpsichord.

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

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cemba·list (-b-lst) n.

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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