gravicembalo

[ grav-i-chem-buh-loh, grah-vi- ]

noun

, plural grav·i·cem·ba·li [grav-i-, chem, -b, uh, -lee, grah-vi-], grav·i·cem·ba·los.

1. a harpsichord.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gravicembalo¹

1855–60; < Italian, alteration of clavicembalo harpsichord (by association with grave heavy); clavicembalo

Example Sentences

Fétis, in his Biographie Universelle des Musiciens, even states that he wrote sonatas for gravicembalo.

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