harpe

See also: Harpe and harpé

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē)

Noun

harpe (plural harpes)

  1. (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

Etymology 2

From Middle English harpe

Noun

harpe (plural harpes)

  1. (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

  • IPA(key): /harpə/, [ˈhɑːb̥ə]

Noun

harpe c (singular definite harpen, plural indefinite harper)

  1. (music) harp

Declension

References

French

Etymology

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

Pronunciation

  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /aʁp/

Noun

harpe f (plural harpes)

  1. (music) harp (musical instrument)

Derived terms

Verb

harpe

  1. inflection of harper:
    1. first-person and third-person singular present indicative
    2. first-person and third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

harpē f (genitive harpēs); first declension

  1. a curved sword, scimitar
  2. a species of falcon

Inflection

First declension, Greek type.

Case Singular Plural
nominative harpē harpae
genitive harpēs harpārum
dative harpae harpīs
accusative harpēn harpās
ablative harpē harpīs
vocative harpē harpae

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

  1. harp, lyre

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • “harpe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “harpe”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

Alternative forms

Noun

harpe (plural harpes)

  1. harp

Descendants

Norman

Etymology

From Old French harpe, from Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

Noun

harpe f (plural harpes)

  1. (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, m (definite singular harpa or harpen, indefinite plural harper, definite plural harpene)

  1. (music) a harp

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

Noun

harpe f (definite singular harpa, indefinite plural harper, definite plural harpene)

  1. (music) harp

Derived terms

References

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)

  1. harp

Descendants

  • Middle French: harpe
  • Norman: harpe (Jersiais)
  • Picard: hârpe (Athois)
  • Walloon: ârpe (Forrières)

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [har.pe]

Noun

harpe f pl

  1. plural of harpă
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