harp
English
Etymology
From Middle English harpe, from Old English hearpe (“harp”), from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ (“harp”). Cognate with Scots hairp (“harp”), West Frisian harpe, harp (“harp”), Low German Harp (“harp”), Dutch harp (“harp”), German Harfe (“harp”), Danish harpe (“harp”), Swedish harpa (“harp”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɑː(r)p
Noun
harp (plural harps)
- (music) A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body
- 1568, William Cornishe [i.e., William Cornysh], “In the Fleete Made by Me William Cornishe otherwise Called Nyshwhete Chapelman with the Most Famose and Noble Kyng Henry the VII. His Reygne the XIX. Yere the Moneth of July. A Treatise betwene Trouth, and Information.”, in John Skelton, edited by J[ohn] S[tow], Pithy Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes of Maister Skelton, Poete Laureate, Imprinted at London: In Fletestreate, neare vnto Saint Dunstones Churche by Thomas Marshe, →OCLC; republished as Pithy Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes of Maister Skelton, Poete Laureate to King Henry the VIIIth, London: Printed for C. Davis in Pater-noster Row, 1736, →OCLC, page 290:
- The Harpe. […] A harper with his wreſt maye tune the harpe wrong / Mys tunying of an Inſtrument ſhal hurt a true ſonge
- Any instrument of the same musicological type.
- (colloquial) A harmonica.
- (Scotland) A grain sieve.
- (heraldry) A heraldic representation of the musical instrument used as a charge, as in the arms of Ireland.
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Translations
musical instrument
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See also
References
- 2013. The Physics of Musical Instruments. Neville H. Fletcher, Thomas Rossing. Pg. 331.
Verb
harp (third-person singular simple present harps, present participle harping, simple past and past participle harped)
- (usually with on) To repeatedly mention a subject.
- Why do you harp on a single small mistake?(US)
- Why do you harp on about a single small mistake?(UK)
- (transitive) To play on (a harp or similar instrument)
- (transitive) To play (a tune) on the harp.
- (transitive) To develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.
- (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Thou harped my fear aright.
- (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Synonyms
- keep on about
- perseverate
Translations
to repeatedly mention a subject
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Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch harpe, from Old Dutch *harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.
Pronunciation
Noun
harp f or m (plural harpen, diminutive harpje n)
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حَرْب (ḥarb).
Pronunciation
Noun
harp (definite accusative harbı, plural harplar)
Turkmen
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حَرْف (ḥarf).
Noun
harp (definite accusative harpy, plural harplar)
- letter (of an alphabet)
Declension
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