clavicytherium

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌklæv.ə.saɪˈθɪə.ɹɪ.əm/
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• General-American: /ˌklæv.ə.saɪˈθɪə.ɹi.əm/
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From Late Latin clavicytherium, from Medieval Latin clāvis (“key”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh2w- (“crook, hook, peg”)) + cithara (“cithara, guitar, lute, lyre”) + -ium (“suffix forming nouns”).

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Danish: clavicyterium — harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player
• Danish: clavicytherium — harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player
• Dutch: clavicytherium — harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player
• Esperanto: klavocitro — harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player
• French: clavicythérium — harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player
• French: clavecin verticale — harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player
• Galician: claveciterio — harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player
• German: Claviciterium — harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player
• German: Clavicytherium — harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player
• German: Klavicitherium — harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player
• German: Klaviziterium — harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player
• German: Klavizitherium — harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player
• Italian: clavicytherium — harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player
• Italian: cembalo verticale — harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player
• Latin: clavicytherium — harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player
• Polish: claviciterium — harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player
• Polish: klawicyterium — harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player
• Spanish: claveciterio — harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player