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cem⋅ba⋅lo

[chem-buh-loh]
–noun, plural -li [-lee] , -los. Music.
harpsichord.

Origin:
1795–1805; < It (clavi)cembalo < L cymbalum cymbal
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cem·ba·lo   (chěm'bə-lō')   
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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