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harp

(härp)

1. Music

a. An instrument having an upright triangular frame consisting of a pillar, a curved neck, and a hollow back containing the sounding board, with usually 46 or 47 strings of graded lengths that are played by plucking with the fingers.

b. Any of various ancient and modern instruments of similar or U-shaped design.

c. Informal A harmonica.

2. Something, such as a pair of vertical supports for a lampshade, that resembles a harp.

intr.v. harped, harp·ing, harps

To play a harp.

Phrasal Verb:

harp on

To talk or write about to an excessive and tedious degree; dwell on.

[Middle English, from Old English hearpe and from Old French harpe, of Germanic origin.]

harp′er n.

harp′ist n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

harp•ist

(ˈhɑr pɪst)

n.

a person who plays the harp.

[1605–15]

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harpist - someone who plays the harp

harper

instrumentalist, musician, player - someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)

Translations

عازِف القيثارَه

harfenista-ka

harpenist

Harfenist

harpiste

hárfás

hörpuleikari

arpeggiatorearpista

harpespiller harpist

harfista

arp çalgıcısıarpist

竖琴师

harpist

[ˈhɑːpɪst] N → arpista mf

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

harpist

[ˈhɑː^rpɪst] n → harpiste mf

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

harpist

n → Harfenspieler(in) m(f), → Harfenist(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

harpist

[ˈhɑːpɪst] n → arpista m/f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

harp

(haːp) noun

a usually large musical instrument which is held upright, and which has many strings which are plucked with the fingers.

ˈharpist noun

harp on (about)

to keep on talking about. He's forever harping on (about his low wages); She keeps harping on his faults.

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