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harpsichordist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

One who plays the harpsichord.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone who plays the harpsichord

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: musician, instrumentalist, player

Narrower terms: Landowska, Wanda Landowska

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English harpsichord Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English harpsichordist From harpsichord + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կլավեսինահար (klavesinahar) — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Catalan: clavecinista — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大鍵琴演奏家 /大键琴演奏家 (dàjiànqín yǎnzòujiā) — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Czech: cembalista — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Danish: cembalist — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Dutch: klavecimbelspeler — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Esperanto: klavicenisto — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Estonian: klavessinist — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Faroese: kembalospælari — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Finnish: cembalisti — one who plays the harpsichord
  • French: claveciniste — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Galician: clavecinista — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Galician: clavicembalista — one who plays the harpsichord
  • German: Cembalist — one who plays the harpsichord
  • German: Cembalistin — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Greek: αρπιχορδιστής (arpichordistís) — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Icelandic: semballeikari — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Irish: cruitchláraí — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Italian: clavicembalista — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Japanese: チェンバロ奏者 (chenbaro-sōsha) — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Lithuanian: klavesinininkas — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Lithuanian: klavesinininkė — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Luxembourgish: Cembalist — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Macedonian: чембали́ст (čembalíst) — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Macedonian: чембали́стка (čembalístka) — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Occitan: clavecinista — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Polish: klawesynista — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Polish: klawesynistka — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Portuguese: cravista — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Romanian: clavecinist — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Romanian: clavecinistă — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Russian: клавесини́ст (klavesiníst) — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Russian: клавесини́стка (klavesinístka) — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Slovak: čembalista — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Spanish: clavecinista — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Spanish: clavicembalista — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Swedish: cembalist — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Ukrainian: клавесиніст (klavesynist) — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Ukrainian: клавесиністка (klavesynistka) — one who plays the harpsichord
  • Welsh: harpsicordydd — one who plays the harpsichord
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