clavichordium

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɫaː.wɪˈkʰɔr.di.ũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kla.viˈkɔr.d̪i.um]

Noun

clāvichordium n (genitive clāvichordiī or clāvichordī); second declension

(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