clavichordium

Latin

clavichordium (a clavichord)

Etymology

clāvis (“key”) +‎ chorda (“chord, string”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /klaː.u̯iˈkʰor.di.um/, [kɫ̪äːu̯ɪˈkʰɔrd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kla.viˈkor.di.um/, [kläviˈkɔrd̪ium]

Noun

clāvichordium n (genitive clāvichordiī or clāvichordī); second declension

1. (Renaissance Latin) clavichord

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	clāvichordium	clāvichordia
Genitive	clāvichordiī clāvichordī1	clāvichordiōrum
Dative	clāvichordiō	clāvichordiīs
Accusative	clāvichordium	clāvichordia
Ablative	clāvichordiō	clāvichordiīs
Vocative	clāvichordium	clāvichordia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• English: clavichord
• ⇒ Esperanto: klavikordo
• French: clavicorde
• Irish: clabhchorda
• Italian: clavicordo
• Spanish: clavicordio