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CEMBALO (cembali)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cembalo mean?
• CEMBALO (noun)
The noun CEMBALO has 1 sense:
1. a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
Familiarity information: CEMBALO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
cembalo; harpsichord
Hypernyms ("cembalo" is a kind of...):
clavier; Klavier (a stringed instrument that has a keyboard)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cembalo"):
spinet (early model harpsichord with only one string per note)
pair of virginals; virginal (a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries)
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