harpsichord

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An Italian harpsichord from 1677.

Etymology

Latin harpicordium, from harpa (“harp”) + corda (“string”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈhɑː(ɹ)p.sɪ.kɔː(ɹ)d/, X-SAMPA: /"hA:(r)p.sI.kO:(r)d/
• (US) IPA: /ˈhɑɹp.sɪˌkɔɹd/, X-SAMPA: /hArp.sI%kOrd/

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Noun

harpsichord (plural harpsichords)

1. (music) An instrument with a piano-like keyboard, which produces sound by plucking the strings

Derived terms

• harpsichordist

Translations

musical instrument

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• Armenian: կլավիկորդ (hy) (klavikord)
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• Bulgarian: клавесин (bg) (klavesín) m
• Catalan: clavicèmbal (ca) m, clavecí (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大鍵琴 (cmn), 大键琴 (cmn) (dàjiànqín)

• Czech: cembalo (cs) n
• Danish: cembalo (da) c
• Dutch: klavecimbel (nl)
• Esperanto: klaviceno (eo)
• Estonian: klavessiin (et)
• Faroese: kembalo (fo) f
• Finnish: cembalo (fi), klavesiini (fi)
• French: clavecin (fr) m
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• Galician: clavicémbalo (gl) m
• Georgian: კლავესინი (ka) (klavesini)
• German: Spinett (de) n, Cembalo (de) n
• Greek: τσέμπαλο (el) (tsémbalo) n
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• Hungarian: csembaló (hu)
• Icelandic: semball (is) m
• Ido: klavikordo (io)
• Irish: cruitchlár (ga) m

• Italian: clavicembalo (it) m, cembalo (it) m
• Japanese: チェンバロ (ja) (chenbaro), ハープシコード (ja) (hāpushikōdo), クラヴサン (ja) (kuravusan)
• Korean: 하프시코드 (ko) (hapeusikodeu)
• Latin: harpsichordium (Neo-Latin), harpicordium (Classical Latin)
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• Macedonian: чембало (mk) (čémbalo) n, клавичембало (mk) (klavičémbalo) n
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• Occitan: clavecin (oc) m
• Polish: klawesyn (pl) m
• Portuguese: cravo (pt) m
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• Russian: клавесин (ru) (klavesín) m
• Scottish Gaelic: cruit-chòrda (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: чембало (sh) n

  Roman: čembalo (sh) n

• Sicilian: clavicìmmalu (scn) m
• Slovak: čembalo (sk)
• Slovene: čembalo (sl) m
• Spanish: clavicordio (es); clavicémbalo (es)
• Swedish: cembalo (sv) c
• Turkish: klavsen (tr)
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See also

• cembalo
• spinet