harp

CEFRC1

/hɑːp/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A large musical instrument with strings and a frame.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any musical instrument., A harmonica.

Examples

  • Monotony develops when you harp on the same string.

  • They could hear the elegant, flowing sound of a harp coming from somewhere.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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

  2. Any instrument of the same musicological type.

  3. Any musical instrument.

More examples

In context

  • Why do you harp on a single small mistake?

  • Why do you harp on about a single small mistake?

  • The Harpe. […] A harper with his wreſt maye tune the harpe wrong / Mys tunying of an Inſtrument ſhal hurt a true ſonge

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English harpe, from Old English hearpe (“harp”), from Proto-West Germanic *harpā, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ (“harp”). Cognate with Scots hairp (“harp”), West Frisian harpe, harp (“harp”), Low German Harp (“harp”), Dutch harp (“harp”), German Harfe (“harp”), Danish harpe (“harp”), Swedish harpa (“harp”).