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harpsichord

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈhɑː^rpsikɔː^rd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈhɑrpsɪˌkɔrd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(härp′si kôrd′)

harp•si•chord /ˈhɑrpsɪˌkɔrd/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

Music and Dancea musical keyboard instrument whose strings are plucked by leather points.

harp•si•chord•ist, n. [countable]

harp•si•chord (härp′si kôrd′),USA pronunciation n.

Music and Dancea keyboard instrument, precursor of the piano, in which the strings are plucked by leather or quill points connected with the keys, in common use from the 16th to the 18th century, and revived in the 20th.

Neo-Latin harpichordium (with intrusive -s- of obscure origin, originally). See harp, -i-, chord¹
1605–15

harp′si•chord′ist, n.

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harpsichord /ˈhɑːpsɪˌkɔːd/ n

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

Etymology: 17th Century: from New Latin harpichordium, from Late Latin harpa harp + Latin chorda chord¹ˈharpsiˌchordist n

'harpsichord' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

cembalo - Christie - clavicembalo - Couperin - coupler - damper - digital - Frescobaldi - jack - pianoforte - plectrum - quill - Rameau - Scarlatti - spinet - stop - toccata - virginal - clavicytherium - clavier - concertante - gravicembalo - lautenclavicymbal - pedal - temper - temperament

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