harpsichord

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An Italian harpsichord from 1677.

Etymology

From French harpechorde, from Modern Latin harpicordium, from harpa ‎(“harp”) + corda ‎(“string”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑː(ɹ)p.sɪ.kɔː(ɹ)d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑɹp.sɪˌkɔɹd/

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Noun

harpsichord ‎(plural harpsichords)

1. (music) A musical instrument that produces sound by plucking the strings with a plectrum through a mechanical process when the performer presses on a key on a piano-like keyboard, originating in Middle Ages Europe.

Derived terms

• harpsichordist

References

• 1986. A Plain & Easy Introduction to the Harpsichord. Ruth Nurmi. Pg. 15.

Translations

musical instrument

• Afrikaans: klavesimbel
• Albanian: klaviçembal m
• Arabic: بيان القيثاري m ‎(biyānū l-qīṯārī)
• Armenian: կլավիկորդ ‎(klavikord), կլավեսին (hy) ‎(klavesin)
• Azeri: klavesin
• Belarusian: клавесін m ‎(klavjesín)
• Bulgarian: клавесин m ‎(klavesín)
• Catalan: clavicèmbal (ca) m, clavecí (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: cembalo (cs) n
• Danish: cembalo c
• Dutch: klavecimbel (nl)
• Esperanto: klaviceno
• Estonian: klavessiin
• Faroese: kembalo f
• Finnish: cembalo (fi), klavesiini (fi)
• French: clavecin (fr) m
• Galician: clavicémbalo (gl) m
• Georgian: კლავესინი ‎(ḳlavesini)
• German: Spinett (de) n, Cembalo (de) n
• Greek: τσέμπαλο (el) n ‎(tsémpalo)
• Hebrew: צֶ'מבָּלוֹ (he)
• Hungarian: csembaló (hu)
• Icelandic: semball m
• Ido: klavikordo (io)
• Irish: cruitchlár m
• Italian: clavicembalo (it) m, cembalo (it) m
• Japanese: チェンバロ ‎(chenbaro), ハープシコード ‎(hāpushikōdo), クラヴサン ‎(kuravusan)

• Korean: 하프시코드 ‎(hapeusikodeu)
• Latin: harpicordium (New Latin)
• Latvian: klavesīns m
• Lithuanian: klavesinas m
• Macedonian: чембало n ‎(čémbalo), клавичембало n ‎(klavičémbalo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: cembalo

• Occitan: clavecin m
• Persian: هارپسیکورد ‎(hârpsikōrd)
• Polish: klawesyn (pl) m
• Portuguese: cravo (pt) m
• Romanian: clavecin (ro)
• Russian: клавеси́н (ru) m ‎(klavesín)
• Scottish Gaelic: cruit-chòrda f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: чембало n

  Roman: čembalo (sh) n

• Sicilian: clavicìmmalu m
• Slovak: čembalo
• Slovene: čembalo (sl) m
• Spanish: clavicordio (es); clavicémbalo
• Swedish: cembalo (sv) c
• Thai: ฮาร์ปซิคอร์ด ‎(hâap sí kòt)
• Turkish: klavsen (tr)
• Ukrainian: клавесин m ‎(klavesýn)
• Vietnamese: đàn clavico
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can

See also

• cembalo
• spinet