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cem·ba·lo    Audio Help   (chěm'bə-lō')  Pronunciation Key  n.   pl. cem·ba·los A harpsichord. [Italian, short for clavicembalo, from Medieval Latin clāvicymbalum : Latin clāvis, key + Latin cymbalum, cymbal; see cymbal.] cem'ba·list (-bə-lĭst) n.

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cembalo

noun

a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots [syn: harpsichord]

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Cembalo

Cem"ba*lo\, n. [It. See Cymbal.] An old name for the harpsichord.

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