. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
you have here. The definition of the word
will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ἅρπη ( hárpē ) .
Noun
harpe (plural harpes )
( Ancient Greece ) A type of curved weapon or implement , variously described as a sickle , a pruning hook , or a curved sword like a scimitar . In later depictions it became a combination of a straight sword on one side and a curved blade on the other.
Translations
Ancient Greek blade
Ancient Greek: ἅρπη ( hárpē )
Japanese: ハルパー ( harupā )
Etymology 2
From Middle English harpe .
Noun
harpe (plural harpes )
( obsolete ) Alternative form of harp
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish harpæ , from Old Norse harpa ( “ harp ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ . Compare Norwegian Bokmål harpe , Swedish and Icelandic harpa , German Harfe , Dutch and English harp .
Pronunciation
Noun
harpe c (singular definite harpen , plural indefinite harper )
( music ) harp
Declension
References
French
Etymology
From Late Latin harpa , from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ .
Pronunciation
Noun
harpe f (plural harpes )
( music ) harp (musical instrument)
Derived terms
Verb
harpe
inflection of harper :
first / third-person singular present indicative / subjunctive
second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἅρπη ( hárpē , “ bird of prey, falcon, scimitar ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
harpē f (genitive harpēs ) ; first declension
a curved sickle -shaped sword, scimitar
bird of prey , hawk , falcon , tiercel or goshawk (falco gentilis )
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type).
Descendants
References
“harpe ”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ) A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press
“harpe ”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891 ) An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *harpa , from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ .
Noun
harpe f
harp , lyre
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template .
Descendants
Further reading
Middle English
Noun
harpe (plural harpes )
( music ) harp
Descendants
Norman
Etymology
From Old French harpe , from Late Latin harpa , from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ .
Noun
harpe f (plural harpes )
( Jersey ) harp
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse harpa , from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ . Compare with Danish harpe , Swedish and Icelandic harpa , German Harfe , Dutch and English harp .
Noun
harpe f or m (definite singular harpa or harpen , indefinite plural harper , definite plural harpene )
( music ) a harp
Derived terms
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse harpa , from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ .
Pronunciation
Noun
harpe f (definite singular harpa , indefinite plural harper , definite plural harpene )
( music ) harp
Derived terms
References
Old French
Etymology
From Frankish *harpō , from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ .
Pronunciation
Noun
harpe oblique singular , f (oblique plural harpes , nominative singular harpe , nominative plural harpes )
harp
Descendants
Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
harpe f pl
plural of harpă
Walloon
Etymology
Borrowed from French harpe
Pronunciation
Noun
harpe f (plural harpes )
( music ) harp