Aeolian harp en · NOUN
Etymology
Refers to Aeolus, who in Greek mythology was said to control the winds.
Meanings
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An open box over which strings are stretched that sound when the wind passes over them.
1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter III, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt […] the noise made by the beating of the waves on the land and the sighing of the wind amongst the pendulous leaves—or rather pendant fringe of the casuarina or she-oak, those aeolian harps of the Australian bush, almost drowned their voices.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| æolian harp | alternative, archaic | lexicographic | |
| aeolian harp | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Aeolian harps | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (26)
nl eolusharp (type of harp) · mk eолска харфа (type of harp) · zh 风弦琴 (type of harp) · fr éole-harpe (type of harp) · de Äolsharfe (type of harp) · nl windharp (type of harp) · fr éoli-harpe (type of harp) · fi tuulikannel (type of harp) · ja エオリアン・ハープ (type of harp) · pl harfa eolska (type of harp) · es arpa eólica (type of harp) · is vindharpa (type of harp) · fr harpe d'Éole (type of harp) · hu aeolhárfa (type of harp) · fr harpe éolienne (type of harp) · ru эо́лова а́рфа (type of harp) · fi aioloksenharppu (type of harp) · nl aeolusharp (type of harp) · ga cláirseach Aeólach (type of harp) · eo eolharpo (type of harp) · fr harpe éolique (type of harp) · pt harpa eólica (type of harp) · it arpa eolia (type of harp) · fr harpe à vent (type of harp) · uk еолова арфа (type of harp) · bg еолова арфа (type of harp)