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harpsichord

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Pronunciation
/ˈhɑː(ɹ)p.sɪ.kɔː(ɹ)d/(UK)
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/ˈhɑː(ɹ)p.sɪ.kɔː(ɹ)d/(UK) · /ˈhɑɹp.sɪˌkɔɹd/(US)

Definition of harpsichord

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A stringed musical instrument with a keyboard, the mechanical precusor to the fortepiano, in which each key causes a plectrum to pluck a corresponding tuned string, producing a bright, sharp tone similar to that of a harp.

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Etymology

Early 1600s, borrowed from French harpechord (“harp string”), from New Latin harpichordium, from harpa (“harp”) + chorda (“string”). Influenced by and possibly also borrowed from Italian arpicordo, producing variant spellings. The unetymological -s-, which predominates by the 1660s, is of unclear origin.

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