spinet

1. 1. A small, compact upright piano.
   2. A small, compact upright electronic organ.
2. A small harpsichord with a single keyboard.

[Obsolete French espinette, from Italian spinetta, perhaps diminutive of spīna, thorn (presumably so called because the strings of the original instrument were plucked with quills). See spinel.]

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: small and compactly built upright piano

Meaning #2: early model harpsichord with only one string per note

Dansk (Danish)
n. - spinet

Nederlands (Dutch)
spinet

Français (French)
n. - épinette

Deutsch (German)
n. - Spinett

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μουσ.) σπινέτα

Italiano (Italian)
spinetta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - espineta (f) (Mús.)

Русский (Russian)
спинет

Español (Spanish)
n. - espineta

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - spinett, el-orgel, mini-piano

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
古时的小型竖琴, 小型立式钢琴

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 古時的小型豎琴, 小型立式鋼琴

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 전자 오르간, 작은 직립형 피아노

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 小型のたて型ピアノ, スピネット

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) آله موسيقيه قديمه تشبه البيانو‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צ'מבלו קטן, פסנתר‬

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