They could hear the elegant, flowing sound of a harp coming from somewhere.
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Harp
//hɑɹp//
Synonyms for "harp" (37 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (18)
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10 entriesMore specific
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
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4 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesat location
4 entriesderived
42 entriesShowing 16 of 42 words.
entails
1 entrieshas a
1 entrieshas context
5 entrieshas property
2 entriesis a
8 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
62 entriesShowing 16 of 62 words.
used for
15 entriesTranslations
110 translations across 82 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- harpë noun (musical instrument)
- jongan noun (musical instrument)
Amharic
1 entries- በገና noun (musical instrument)
Arabic
2 entries- قِيثَارَة noun (musical instrument)
- هارب noun (musical instrument)
Armenian
1 entries- տավիղ noun (musical instrument)
Asturian
1 entries- arpa noun (musical instrument)
Belarusian
1 entries- а́рфа noun (musical instrument)
Breton
1 entries- telenn noun (musical instrument)
Bulgarian
2 entries- а́рфа noun (musical instrument)
- опявам verb (to repeatedly mention a subject)
Burmese
1 entries- စောင်း noun (musical instrument)
Catalan
1 entries- arpa noun (musical instrument)
Chinese
1 entries- 徛琴 noun (musical instrument)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 豎琴 /竖琴 noun (musical instrument)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 豎琴 /竖琴 noun (musical instrument)
Cornish
1 entries- telyn noun (musical instrument)
Czech
1 entries- harfa noun (musical instrument)
Danish
1 entries- harpe noun (musical instrument)
Dutch
2 entries- harp noun (musical instrument)
- doordrammen verb (to repeatedly mention a subject)
Esperanto
1 entries- harpo noun (musical instrument)
Estonian
1 entries- harf noun (musical instrument)
Faroese
2 entries- harpa noun (musical instrument)
- hørpa noun (musical instrument)
Finnish
2 entries- harppu noun (musical instrument)
- jankuttaa verb (to repeatedly mention a subject)
French
1 entries- harpe noun (musical instrument)
Friulian
1 entries- arpe noun (musical instrument)
Galician
1 entries- arpa noun (musical instrument)
Georgian
1 entries- არფა noun (musical instrument)
German
2 entries- Harfe noun (musical instrument)
- auf herumreiten (etwas) verb (to repeatedly mention a subject)
Greek
1 entries- άρπα noun (musical instrument)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 豎琴 /竖琴 noun (musical instrument)
Hebrew
1 entries- נֵבֶל noun (musical instrument)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- árpa noun (musical instrument)
Hindi
1 entries- वीणा noun (musical instrument)
Hungarian
2 entries- hárfa noun (musical instrument)
- lovagol verb (to repeatedly mention a subject)
Icelandic
1 entries- harpa noun (musical instrument)
Indonesian
1 entries- harpa noun (musical instrument)
Irish
2 entries- cláirseach noun (musical instrument)
- cruit noun (musical instrument)
Italian
1 entries- arpa noun (musical instrument)
Japanese
2 entries- ハープ noun (musical instrument)
- くどくど言う verb (to repeatedly mention a subject)
Kalmyk
1 entries- ятх noun (musical instrument)
Khmer
1 entries- ពិណ noun (musical instrument)
Korean
1 entries- 하프 noun (musical instrument)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- арфа noun (musical instrument)
Latin
3 entries- harpa noun (musical instrument)
- psalterium noun (musical instrument)
- sambuca noun (musical instrument)
Latvian
1 entries- arfa noun (musical instrument)
Lithuanian
1 entries- arfa noun (musical instrument)
Low German
1 entries- Harp noun (musical instrument)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- harfa noun (musical instrument)
Macedonian
1 entries- харфа noun (musical instrument)
Malagasy
1 entries- dokanga noun (musical instrument)
Malay
1 entries- harpa noun (musical instrument)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഹാർപ്പ് noun (musical instrument)
Marathi
1 entries- तुणतुणे noun (musical instrument)
Māori
3 entries- aurau noun (musical instrument)
- hāpa noun (musical instrument)
- kunanu verb (to repeatedly mention a subject)
Norman
1 entries- harpe noun (musical instrument)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- harpe noun (musical instrument)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- harpe noun (musical instrument)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- چنك noun (musical instrument)
Persian
1 entries- چنگ noun (musical instrument)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Hoap noun (musical instrument)
Polish
2 entries- arfa noun (musical instrument)
- harfa noun (musical instrument)
Portuguese
1 entries- harpa noun (musical instrument)
Romanian
2 entries- harfă noun (musical instrument)
- harpă noun (musical instrument)
Russian
1 entries- а́рфа noun (musical instrument)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- clàrsach noun (musical instrument)
- troman noun (musical instrument)
- troman-ciùil noun (musical instrument)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- harfa noun (musical instrument)
- харфа noun (musical instrument)
Slovak
1 entries- harfa noun (musical instrument)
Slovene
1 entries- harfa noun (musical instrument)
Spanish
2 entries- arpa noun (musical instrument)
- harpa noun (musical instrument)
Swahili
1 entries- kinubi noun (musical instrument)
Swedish
4 entries- harpa noun (musical instrument)
- mala verb (to repeatedly mention a subject)
- tjata verb (to repeatedly mention a subject)
- älta verb (to repeatedly mention a subject)
Tagalog
1 entries- alpa noun (musical instrument)
Telugu
1 entries- హార్ప్ noun (musical instrument)
Thai
1 entries- ฮาร์ป noun (musical instrument)
Tigrinya
1 entries- በገና noun (musical instrument)
Turkish
2 entries- arp noun (musical instrument)
- ısrarla belirtmek verb (to repeatedly mention a subject)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎋𐎐𐎗 noun (musical instrument)
Ukrainian
1 entries- а́рфа noun (musical instrument)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- harfa noun (musical instrument)
Urdu
1 entries- بربط noun (musical instrument)
Uzbek
1 entries- arfa noun (musical instrument)
Vietnamese
4 entries- hạc cầm noun (musical instrument)
- thụ cầm noun (musical instrument)
- đàn harp noun (musical instrument)
- đàn hạc noun (musical instrument)
Welsh
1 entries- telyn noun (musical instrument)
Yiddish
2 entries- האַרף noun (musical instrument)
- האַרפֿע noun (musical instrument)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Not to harp on the same string, I still insist that those who drink should never drive.
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Monotony develops when you harp on the same string.
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It is important that a lawyer should leave no stone unturned even on minor points and harp on the same subject to achieve a break through in an impasse.
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