harpe

See also: Harpe and harpé

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē)

Noun

harpe (plural harpes)

1. (Ancient Greece) A type of curved weapon or implement, variously described as a sickle, a pruning hook, or a curved sword like a scimitar. In later depictions it became a combination of a straight sword on one side and a curved blade on the other.

Translations

Ancient Greek blade

• Ancient Greek: ἅρπη (hárpē)
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Etymology 2

From Middle English harpe

Noun

harpe (plural harpes)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of harp

Anagrams

• Phrae, hepar, phare, raphe

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish harpæ, from Old Norse harpa (“harp”), from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ. Compare Norwegian Bokmål harpe, Swedish and Icelandic harpa, German Harfe, Dutch and English harp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /harpə/, [ˈhɑːb̥ə]

Noun

harpe c (singular definite harpen, plural indefinite harper)

1. (music) harp

Declension

Declension of harpe

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	harpe	harpen	harper	harperne
genitive	harpes	harpens	harpers	harpernes

References

• “harpe” in Den Danske Ordbog

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /aʁp/

Noun

harpe f (plural harpes)

1. (music) harp (musical instrument)

Derived terms

• harpiste

Verb

harpe

1. inflection of harper:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “harpe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• phare

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē, “bird of prey, falcon, scimitar”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhar.peː/, [ˈhärpeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.pe/, [ˈärpe]

Noun

harpē f (genitive harpēs); first declension

1. a curved sickle-shaped sword, scimitar
2. bird of prey, hawk, falcon, tiercel or goshawk (falco gentilis)

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	harpē	harpae
Genitive	harpēs	harpārum
Dative	harpae	harpīs
Accusative	harpēn	harpās
Ablative	harpē	harpīs
Vocative	harpē	harpae

Descendants

• Catalan: arpa
• Italian: arpa
• Occitan: arpa
• Sicilian: arpa

References

• “harpe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “harpe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

Noun

harpe f

1. harp, lyre

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: harp

Further reading

• “harpe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “harpe”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• harp

Noun

harpe (plural harpes)

1. harp

Descendants

• English: harp

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French harpe, from Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

Noun

harpe f (plural harpes)

1. (Jersey) harp

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ. Compare with Danish harpe, Swedish and Icelandic harpa, German Harfe, Dutch and English harp.

Noun

harpe f or m (definite singular harpa or harpen, indefinite plural harper, definite plural harpene)

1. (music) a harp

Derived terms

• harpeleik

References

• “harpe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

Noun

harpe f (definite singular harpa, indefinite plural harper, definite plural harpene)

1. (music) harp

Derived terms

• harpeleik

References

• “harpe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old French

Etymology

From Frankish *harpō, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhar.pə/

Noun

harpe oblique singular, f (oblique plural harpes, nominative singular harpe, nominative plural harpes)

1. harp

Related terms

• harper
• harpere

Descendants

• Middle French: harpe
  • French: harpe
• Norman: harpe (Jersiais)
• Picard: hârpe (Athois)
• Walloon: ârpe (Forrières)

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [har.pe]

Noun

harpe f pl

1. plural of harpă