harp
English
/hɑːp/, /hɑɹp/
noun
Definitions
- (musical instrument) A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body
- (colloquial) A harmonica.
- (Scotland) A grain sieve.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English harpe inherited from Old English hearpe (harp) inherited from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ (harp).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*harpǭ
Gloss
harp
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autoharp English
- autoharpist English
- harpist English
- harpless English
- harplike English
- harpmaker English
- harpstring English
- maker English
- string English
- harppu Finnish
- harpa Latin
- Harfe German
- Harfenspieler German
- harp Dutch, Flemish
- harpist Dutch, Flemish
- harpe French
- harpiste French
- арфа Russian
- *harpǭ Proto-Germanic
- harpa Swedish
- harpist Swedish
- nyckelharpa Swedish
- ハープ Japanese
- hearpe Old English
- harpe Middle English
- harpestring Middle English
- harpmaker Middle English
- harpa Old Norse
- harpe Danish
- jødeharpe Danish
- mundharpe Danish
- harpeau Old French
- ฮาร์ป Thai
- harpe Middle Dutch
- harfa Old High German
- đàn hạc Vietnamese
- harpfe Middle High German
- Harf Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *harpā gmw-pro
- *harpa Old Dutch
- арфа Ukrainian
- harpa Old Swedish
- 하프 Korean
- uhabhu Zulu
- *harpā Frankish
- *harpō Frankish
- hāpa Hawaiian
- harpæ Old Danish