harpe
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.
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Etymology 2
From Middle English harpe.
Noun
harpe (plural harpes)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of harp
Anagrams
- Phrae, hepar, phare, raphe
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
- IPA(key): /harpə/, [ˈhɑːb̥ə]
Noun
harpe c (singular definite harpen, plural indefinite harper)
- (music) harp
Declension
common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | harpe | harpen | harper | harperne |
genitive | harpes | harpens | harpers | harpernes |
References
- “harpe” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /aʁp/
Audio (file)
Noun
harpe f (plural harpes)
- (music) harp (musical instrument)
Derived terms
- harpiste
Verb
harpe
- inflection of harper:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “harpe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- phare
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē, “bird of prey, falcon, scimitar”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhar.peː/, [ˈhärpeː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈar.pe/, [ˈärpe]
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).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | harpē | harpae |
Genitive | harpēs | harpārum |
Dative | harpae | harpīs |
Accusative | harpēn | harpās |
Ablative | harpē | harpīs |
Vocative | harpē | harpae |
Descendants
- Catalan: arpa
- Italian: arpa
- Occitan: arpa
- Sicilian: arpa
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
- Dutch: harp
Further reading
- “harpe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “harpe”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Alternative forms
- harp
Noun
harpe (plural harpes)
- (music) harp
Descendants
- English: harp
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
- harpeleik
References
- “harpe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- hørpe (dialectal)
Etymology
From Old Norse harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɑːrpe/
Noun
harpe f (definite singular harpa, indefinite plural harper, definite plural harpene)
- (music) harp
Derived terms
- harpeleik
- munnharpe
- tagelharpe
References
- “harpe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
From Frankish *harpō, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhar.pə/
Noun
harpe f (oblique plural harpes, nominative singular harpe, nominative plural harpes)
- harp
Related terms
- harper
- harpere
Descendants
- Middle French: harpe
- French: harpe
- → Romanian: harpă
- French: harpe
- Norman: harpe (Jersiais)
- Picard: hârpe (Athois)
- Walloon: ârpe (Forrières)
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhar.pe]
Noun
harpe f pl
- plural of harpă
Walloon
Etymology
Borrowed from French harpe
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /haʀp/
Noun
harpe f (plural harpes)
- (music) harp