harpsichords
Meaning of harpsichords
plural noun
a keyboard instrument with horizontal strings which run perpendicular to the keyboard in a long tapering case, and are plucked by points of quill, leather, or plastic operated by depressing the keys. It is used chiefly in European classical music of the 16th to 18th centuries.
early 17th century: from obsolete French harpechorde, from late Latin harpa ‘harp’ + chorda ‘string’ (the insertion of the letter s being unexplained).
Information about harpsichords
- It is a name.
- The singular form of harpsichords is: harpsichord.
- Languages in which harpsichords is used:
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Hyphenation of harpsichords
harp-si-chords
- It consists of 3 syllables and 12 chars.
- harpsichords is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
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