Definition
A keyboard instrument, a type of harpsichord equipped with gravity-operated or dynamic mechanisms to produce variations in tone and volume.
Etymology
Italian, combining 'gravi-' (from Latin 'gravis,' heavy) and 'cembalo' (harpsichord, from Italian 'cembalo,' itself from Greek via Romance languages). It represents Renaissance ingenuity in musical engineering.
Kelly Says
The gravicembalo is a fascinating musical dead-end—a brilliant but failed experiment that shows how musicians and inventors struggled before the pianoforte's invention solved the 'expressive keyboard' problem.
Translations
ARالعربية
البيانو
al-bee-ya-no
BNবাংলা
ব্যারপিকোর্ড
bar-pi-ko-rd
CACatalà
clavecí
kla-ve-si
DEDeutsch
Cembalo
tsaym-ba-lo
ELΕλληνικά
κλαβίκινο
kla-vi-ki-no
ESEspañol
clavicémbalo
kla-vee-SEM-ba-lo
FISuomi
klavikordi
kla-vi-kor-di
FRFrançais
clavecin
kla-və-sɛ̃
HEעברית
פסנתר
pa-s-ne-ter
HIहिन्दी
हारप्सिकोर्ड
haar-p-si-ko-rd
HUMagyar
zongora
zon-go-ra
IDBahasa Indonesia
harpsichord
harpsichord
ITItaliano
clavicembalo
kla-vi-tsem-ba-lo
JA日本語
クラヴィチェンバロ
kura-vi-chen-ba-ro
KO한국어
클라비체르보
keu-ra-bi-che-reu-bo
MSBahasa Melayu
piyano
pee-ya-no
MYမြန်မာ
ပီယနို
pee-ya-no
NLNederlands
clavecimbel
kla-ve-sim-bel
PLPolski
klawinet
kla-vi-net
RORomână
clavichord
kla-vi-chord
RUРусский
клавесин
kla-ve-sin
SWKiswahili
piano
pee-a-no
THไทย
เครื่องเป่า
khrueang phaao
UKУкраїнська
клавесин
kla-ve-sin
VITiếng Việt
clavicymbal
kla-vi-si-mbal