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harp
English
Etymology
From Middle English harpe, from Old English hearpe (“harp”), from Proto-West Germanic *harp?, from Proto-Germanic *harp? (“harp”). Cognate with Scots hairp (“harp”), West Frisian harpe, harp (“harp”), Low German Harp (“harp”), Dutch harp (“harp”), German Harfe (“harp”), Danish harpe (“harp”), Swedish harpa (“harp”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /h??p/
- (US) IPA(key): /h??p/
- Rhymes: -??(r)p
Noun
harp (plural harps)
- (music) A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body
- Any instrument of the same musicological type.
- (colloquial) A harmonica.
- (Scotland) A grain sieve.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- harp seal
Translations
See also
- lyre
References
- 2013. The Physics of Musical Instruments. Neville H. Fletcher, Thomas Rossing. Pg. 331.
Verb
harp (third-person singular simple present harps, present participle harping, simple past and past participle harped)
- (usually with on) To repeatedly mention a subject.
- (US)
- (UK)
- (transitive) To play on (a harp or similar instrument)
- (transitive) To play (a tune) on the harp.
- (transitive, archaic) To develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.
Synonyms
- keep on about
- perseverate
Translations
Anagrams
- PHAR
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch harpe, from Old Dutch *harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harp?.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?rp
- IPA(key): /??rp/
Noun
harp f or m (plural harpen, diminutive harpje n)
- harp
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ???? (harb), borrowed from Arabic ?????? (?arb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?rp/
Noun
harp (definite accusative harb?, plural harplar)
- (dated) war
- Synonyms: sava?, cenk
Derived terms
- Büyük Harp
- Cihan Harbi
Turkmen
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic ?????? (?arf).
Noun
harp (definite accusative harpy, plural harplar)
- letter (of an alphabet)
Declension
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longings
English
Noun
longings
- plural of longing
Anagrams
- songling
longings From the web:
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