Harp

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File:Harpist playing.jpg

See also Harp

English

Etymology

From Old English hearpe, from Germanic *harpon-. Cognate with Dutch harp, German Harfe, Swedish harpa.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /hɑːp/
• (US) IPA: /hɑɻp/

  Rhymes: -ɑː(r)p

Noun

Singular Harp

Plural {{{1}}}

Harp ({{{1}}})

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

musical instrument

Armenian: տավիղ hy(hy) (taviġ) Bosnian: harfa bs(bs) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 豎琴 cmn(cmn), 竖琴 cmn(cmn) (shùqín) Croatian: harfa hr(hr) f. Czech: harfa cs(cs) f. Danish: harpe da(da) Dutch: harp nl(nl) f. Finnish: harppu fi(fi) French: harpe fr(fr) f. German: Harfe de(de) f. Greek: άρπα (árpa) f. Hebrew: נֵבֶל he(he) Hiligaynon: árpa Hungarian: hárfa hu(hu)

Icelandic: harpa is(is) Italian: arpa it(it) f. Norwegian: harpe no(no) m. and f. Polish: harfa pl(pl) f. Romanian: harfă ro(ro) f. Russian: арфа ru(ru) f. (árfa) Scottish Gaelic: clàrsach f., troman m., troman-ciùil m. Serbian: Cyrillic: харфа f. Roman: harfa f. Slovene: harfa sl(sl) f. Spanish: arpa es(es) f. Swedish: harpa sv(sv) c. Turkish: arp tr(tr) Welsh: telyn cy(cy) f.

Verb

Infinitive to Harp

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Harp (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

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

   Why do you harp on about a single small mistake?

Synonyms

• keep on about
• perseverate

Translations

to repeatedly mention a subject

Finnish: jankuttaa fi(fi) German: auf (etwas) herumreiten

Swedish: harpa sv(sv)

Anagrams

• ahpr,
• PHAR

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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• IPA: /hɑʀp/

Noun

Harp f. and m. (plural harpen)

1. harp

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hɑrp/

Etymology

From Arabic

Noun

harp

1. (obsolete) war

Synonyms

• cenk (obsolete)
• muharebe (obsolete)
• savaş