Complete Definition of "harp"

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English

Etymology
From OE. hearpe, from Germanic *harpon-. Cognate with Dutch #Dutch|harp, German Harfe, Swedish harpa.

Pronunciation
(UK) IPA|/h��p/
(US) IPA|/h�ɻp/

Noun
en-noun

  1. A musical instrument consisting of an upright frame strung with strings that are stroked or plucked with the fingers.
  2. colloquial A harmonica.

Derived terms
harpist

See also
lyre

Translations
trans-top|musical instrument
Bosnian: t-|bs|harfa|f
Croatian: t-|hr|harfa|f
Czech: t+|cs|harfa|f
Danish: t-|da|harpe
Dutch: t+|nl|harp|f
Finnish: t+|fi|harppu
French: t+|fr|harpe|f
German: t+|de|Harfe f
Hungarian: t-|hu|hárfa
Italian: t+|it|arpa|f
trans-mid
Norwegian: t+|no|harpe|m|f
Polish: t-|pl|harfa|f
Romanian: t-|ro|harf�|f
Russian: t|ru|а��а|f|sc=Cyrl (árfa)
Scottish Gaelic: clàrsach f, troman m, troman-ciùil m
Serbian:

Slovene: t+|sl|harfa|f
Spanish: t+|es|arpa|f
Turkish: t-|tr|arp
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Verb
en-verb

  1. (usually with on) To repeatedly mention a subject.

#: Why do you harp on about a single small mistake?

Translations

German: auf (etwas) herumreiten
mid

Category:Musical instruments


Dutch

Pronunciation
IPA: /h��p/

Noun
harp f

  1. harp, harpsichord

Turkish

Pronunciation
IPA: /h�rp/

Etymology
From Arabic

Noun
harp

  1. obsolete|lang=tr war

Synonyms
cenk (obsolete)
muharebe (obsolete)
sava�

Category:Turkish nouns

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