Home › Words › C › cembalocembalocembalo · noun — A harpsichord.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyBorrowed from Italian cembalo, from Latin. Doublet of cymbal.nounA harpsichord.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.clavicembalo 89% match — A harpsichord. vs cembalo →archicembalo 75% match — A form of harpsichord that had extra keys and strings vs cembalo →cembalist 75% match — An orchestral keyboard player; one who plays piano or harpsichord for an orchestra or ensemble. vs cembalo →clavecin 72% match — harpsichord vs cembalo →clavicymbal 69% match — An early form of harpsichord. vs cembalo →clavicymbalum 68% match — An early keyboard instrument and ancestor of the harpsichord. vs cembalo →manichord 67% match — A clavichord. vs cembalo →harpsichord 65% match — A stringed musical instrument with a keyboard, the mechanical precusor to the fortepiano, in which each key causes a plectrum to pluck a corresponding tuned string, producing a bright, sharp tone similar to that of a harp. vs cembalo →