harpsichord

harp·si·chord  (härps-kôrd, -krd)

n.

A keyboard instrument whose strings are plucked by means of quills or plectrums.

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[Alteration of obsolete French harpechorde, from Italian arpicordo : arpa, harp (from Late Latin harpa, of Germanic origin) + corda, string (from Latin chorda, from Greek khord; see gher- in Indo-European roots).]

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harpsi·chordist n.

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harpsichord [ˈhɑːpsɪˌkɔːd]

n

(Music / Instruments) a horizontally strung stringed keyboard instrument, triangular in shape, consisting usually of two manuals controlling various sets of strings plucked by pivoted plectrums mounted on jacks. Some harpsichords have a pedal keyboard and stops by which the tone colour may be varied

[from New Latin harpichordium, from Late Latin harpa harp + Latin chorda chord¹]

harpsichordist  n

Thesaurus

Noun

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

harpsichord [ˈhɑːpsɪkɔːd] N → clavicémbalo m, clavecín m

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harpsichord [ˈhɑː^rpsikɔː^rd] n → clavecin m

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harpsichord

n → Cembalo nt

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harpsichord [ˈhɑːpsɪˌkɔːd] n → clavicembalo, cembalo

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harpsichord [ˈhɑːpsɪˌkɔːd] n → clavicembalo, cembalo

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harpsichord

n harpsichord [ˈhaːpsikoːd]

a type of early keyboard musical instrument. klavesimbel مِعْزَف قيثاري клавесин cembalo cembalo das Cembalo κλαβεσίνο (μουσ.) clavicordio, clavicémbalo klavessiin هارپسی کورد cembalo clavecin צֶ'מבַּלוֹ हार्पसीकार्ड (वाद्य यंत्र) (klavi)cembalo (prijašnji oblik klavira) csembaló harpsikor semball arpicordo ハープシコード 하프시코드 klavesinas klavihords hapsikod klavecimbel cembalo klawesyn cravo clavecin клавесин čembalo čembalo klavsen cembalo คอร์ดเพลง klâvsen, çimbalo 大鍵琴 клавесин کلیدی تختہ والا ساز đàn clavico 拔弦古钢琴,大键琴