clavicembalo

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian clavicembalo. === Noun === clavicembalo (plural clavicembalos or clavicembali) (music, now chiefly historical) A harpsichord. 1999, Mike Mitchell, translating HJC von Grimmelshausen, Simplicissimus, III.17, Dedalus 2016, p. 253: He taught me composition and how to improve my playing on the clavicembalo [translating Jnſtrument] and also the harp […]. == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin clāvis +‎ cembalo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌkla.viˈt͡ʃem.ba.lo/ Rhymes: -embalo Hyphenation: cla‧vi‧cém‧ba‧lo === Noun === clavicembalo m (plural clavicembali) (music) harpsichord ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: clavicèmbal → English: clavicembalo === References === === Further reading === clavicembalo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Romanian == === Noun === clavicembalo n (plural clavicembalouri) alternative form of clavicimbal ==== Declension ====