clavichord

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

From German Klavichord, from Renaissance Latin clavichordium, from clāvis (“key”) + chorda (“cord, string”).

"And do you know that we inherited that clavichord? — The Loyalist: A Story of the American Revolution, James Francis Barrett
The young people, at the countess’ instigation, gathered round the clavichord and harp. — War and Peace, Leo, graf Tolstoy
He could even yet see her dark murmuring eyes in the golden light of the candles, as she set there in her white frock and sang to him, her beautifully cut ivory hands plucking haunting melody from a pianoforte as from some old-time clavichord. — Changeling, and Other Stories, Donn Byrne

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