harpsichord

• n. チェンバロ、チェンバロ

harp、ハープ、-chord、弦、語源的にはcordと同じ、-s、おそらく複数形の接尾辞。楽器名harpsichordに使われる。

harpsichord

harpsichord: [17] Harpsichord means literally ‘harp-string’. Harp [OE] is a Germanic word. It comes from a prehistoric West and North Germanic *kharpōn, which also produced German harfe, Dutch harp, and Swedish harpa, and was borrowed into the Romance languages via late Latin harpa (its Italian descendant, arpa, gave English arpeggio [18]). When the harpsichord was developed in the late 16th century, it was named in Italian arpicordo, a compound formed with corda ‘string’. English acquired the term via the now obsolete French harpechorde, for some unknown reason inserting an s in the process.
=> arpeggio, harp

harpsichord (n.)

1610s, from French harpechorde "harp string," from Modern Latin harpichordium (source also of Italian arpicordo), from harpa (see harp (n.)) + chorda "string" (see cord). The unexplained intrusive -s- in the English word is there by 1660s.

1. the plangent sound of the harpsichord

鍵盤を鳴らして泣き叫ぶ声

2.I can tune the harpsichhord as well as play it.

私は大鍵琴を弾くことができて、同様に、私も大鍵琴に調音します.

3.After playing a little on the harpsichord ，he asked for a theme.

ベートーベンは鍵盤の上でしばらく演奏した後、モーツァルトに主旋律を求めた。dd>

4. Harpsichord music is readily playable.

古ピアノ音楽はいつでも演奏できます。