harpe
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē).
Noun edit
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 edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English harpe.
Noun edit
harpe (plural harpes)
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
harpe c (singular definite harpen, plural indefinite harper)
Declension edit
References edit
- “harpe” in Den Danske Ordbog
French edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.
Pronunciation edit
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /aʁp/
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Noun edit
harpe f (plural harpes)
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
harpe
- inflection of harper:
Further reading edit
- “harpe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē, “bird of prey, falcon, scimitar”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhar.peː/, [ˈhärpeː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈar.pe/, [ˈärpe]
Noun edit
harpē f (genitive harpēs); first declension
- a curved sickle-shaped sword, scimitar
- bird of prey, hawk, falcon, tiercel or goshawk (falco gentilis)
Declension edit
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 edit
References edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch *harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.
Noun edit
harpe f
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
- Dutch: harp
Further reading edit
- “harpe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “harpe”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
harpe (plural harpes)
Descendants edit
- English: harp
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French harpe, from Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.
Noun edit
harpe f (plural harpes)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ. Compare with Danish harpe, Swedish and Icelandic harpa, German Harfe, Dutch and English harp.
Noun edit
harpe f or m (definite singular harpa or harpen, indefinite plural harper, definite plural harpene)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “harpe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
harpe f (definite singular harpa, indefinite plural harper, definite plural harpene)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “harpe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Frankish *harpō, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
harpe oblique singular, f (oblique plural harpes, nominative singular harpe, nominative plural harpes)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
harpe f pl
Walloon edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
harpe f (plural harpes)