clavichordium

Latin

clavichordium (a clavichord)

Etymology

clāvis (“key”) +‎ chorda (“chord, string”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /klaː.u̯iˈkʰor.di.um/, [kɫ̪äːu̯ɪˈkʰɔrd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kla.viˈkor.di.um/, [kläviˈkɔrd̪ium]

Noun

clāvichordium n (genitive clāvichordiī or clāvichordī); second declension

1. (Renaissance Latin) clavichord

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	clāvichordium	clāvichordia
genitive	clāvichordiī clāvichordī1	clāvichordiōrum
dative	clāvichordiō	clāvichordiīs
accusative	clāvichordium	clāvichordia
ablative	clāvichordiō	clāvichordiīs
vocative	clāvichordium	clāvichordia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• English: clavichord
• ⇒ Esperanto: klavikordo
• French: clavicorde
• Irish: clabhchorda
• Italian: clavicordo
• Spanish: clavicordio