# harpe
## English
### Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē).

#### Noun

harpe (plural harpes)
* (Ancient Greece) A type of curved weapon or implement, variously described as a sickle, a pruning hook, or a curved sword like a scimitar. In later depictions it became a combination of a straight sword on one side and a curved blade on the other.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Middle English harpe.

#### Noun

harpe (plural harpes)
* (obsolete) Alternative form of harp

### Anagrams

* Phrae, hepar, phare, raphe

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Danish harpæ, from Old Norse harpa (“harp”), from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ. Compare Norwegian Bokmål harpe, Swedish and Icelandic harpa, German Harfe, Dutch and English harp.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /harpə/, [ˈhɑːb̥ə]

### Noun

harpe c (singular definite harpen, plural indefinite harper)
* (music) harp

#### Declension
### References

* “harpe” in Den Danske Ordbog

## French
### Etymology

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aʁp/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

harpe f (plural harpes)
* (music) harp (musical instrument)

#### Derived terms

* harpiste

### Verb

harpe
* inflection of harper:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “harpe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* phare

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē, “bird of prey, falcon, scimitar”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈhar.peː/, [ˈhärpeː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈar.pe/, [ˈärpe]

### Noun

harpē f (genitive harpēs); first declension
* a curved sickle-shaped sword, scimitar
* bird of prey, hawk, falcon, tiercel or goshawk (falco gentilis)

#### Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | harpē | harpae |
| Genitive | harpēs | harpārum |
| Dative | harpae | harpīs |
| Accusative | harpēn | harpās |
| Ablative | harpē | harpīs |
| Vocative | harpē | harpae |

#### Descendants

* Catalan: arpa
* Italian: arpa
* Occitan: arpa
* Sicilian: arpa

### References

* “harpe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “harpe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch *harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

### Noun

harpe f
* harp, lyre

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* Dutch: harp

### Further reading

* “harpe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “harpe”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* harp

### Noun

harpe (plural harpes)
* (music) harp

#### Descendants

* English: harp

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French harpe, from Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

### Noun

harpe f (plural harpes)
* (Jersey) harp

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ. Compare with Danish harpe, Swedish and Icelandic harpa, German Harfe, Dutch and English harp.

### Noun

harpe f or m (definite singular harpa or harpen, indefinite plural harper, definite plural harpene)
* (music) a harp

#### Derived terms

* harpeleik

### References

* “harpe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* hørpe (dialectal)

### Etymology

From Old Norse harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɑːrpe/

### Noun

harpe f (definite singular harpa, indefinite plural harper, definite plural harpene)
* (music) harp

#### Derived terms

* harpeleik
* munnharpe
* taglharpe

### References

* “harpe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Etymology

From Frankish *harpō, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhaɾpə/

### Noun

harpe oblique singular, f (oblique plural harpes, nominative singular harpe, nominative plural harpes)
* harp

#### Related terms

* harper
* harpere

#### Descendants

* Middle French: harpe
** French: harpe
*** → Romanian: harpă
* Norman: harpe (Jersiais)
* Picard: hârpe (Athois)
* Walloon: ârpe (Forrières)

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈhar.pe]

### Noun

harpe f pl
* plural of harpă

## Walloon
### Etymology

Borrowed from French harpe

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /haʀp/

### Noun

harpe f (plural harpes)
* (music) harp