harpsichordist en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English harpsichord Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English harpsichordist From harpsichord + -ist.
Meanings
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One who plays the harpsichord.
And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier punch than the smaller group delivered.
2009 January 20, Allan Kozinn, “Shafts of Sun in Winter From the Italian Baroque”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:Some harpsichordists might have dismissed these works as not “authentic” Handel, Mr. Cooper said, though he surmised that the arrangements could have been prepared by Handel’s students.
2021 March 19, Anthony Tommasini, “Kenneth Cooper, Harpsichordist With Improviser’s Gift, Dies at 79”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2021:
Forms
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| harpsichordists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (40)
ga cruitchláraí (one who plays the harpsichord) · fr claveciniste (one who plays the harpsichord) · eo klavicenisto (one who plays the harpsichord) · et klavessinist (one who plays the harpsichord) · gl clavecinista (one who plays the harpsichord) · cy harpsicordydd (one who plays the harpsichord) · sk čembalista (one who plays the harpsichord) · ru клавесини́ст (one who plays the harpsichord) · sv cembalist (one who plays the harpsichord) · ru клавесини́стка (one who plays the harpsichord) · es clavicembalista (one who plays the harpsichord) · gl clavicembalista (one who plays the harpsichord) · mk чембали́стка (one who plays the harpsichord) · pl klawesynista (one who plays the harpsichord) · da cembalist (one who plays the harpsichord) · pl klawesynistka (one who plays the harpsichord) · mk чембали́ст (one who plays the harpsichord) · lb Cembalist (one who plays the harpsichord) · ro clavecinistă (one who plays the harpsichord) · uk клавесиністка (one who plays the harpsichord) · cmn 大鍵琴演奏家 /大键琴演奏家 (one who plays the harpsichord) · ca clavecinista (one who plays the harpsichord) · es clavecinista (one who plays the harpsichord) · uk клавесиніст (one who plays the harpsichord) · de Cembalistin (one who plays the harpsichord) · hy կլավեսինահար (one who plays the harpsichord) · it clavicembalista (one who plays the harpsichord) · oc clavecinista (one who plays the harpsichord) · lt klavesinininkas (one who plays the harpsichord) · fi cembalisti (one who plays the harpsichord) · el αρπιχορδιστής (one who plays the harpsichord) · lt klavesinininkė (one who plays the harpsichord) · is semballeikari (one who plays the harpsichord) · pt cravista (one who plays the harpsichord) · fo kembalospælari (one who plays the harpsichord) · cs cembalista (one who plays the harpsichord) · ro clavecinist (one who plays the harpsichord) · nl klavecimbelspeler (one who plays the harpsichord) · ja チェンバロ奏者 (one who plays the harpsichord) · de Cembalist (one who plays the harpsichord)