harmonica
English
editEtymology
editFrom armonica, coined by Benjamin Franklin to refer to his glass harmonica, an instrument that predated the small wind instrument by several decades.[1] Doublet of harmonic.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editharmonica (plural harmonicas)
- A musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note.
- A musical instrument, consisting of a series of hemispherical glasses which, by touching the edges with the dampened finger, give forth the tones.
- A toy instrument of strips of glass or metal hung on two tapes, and struck with hammers.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Dutch: harmonica
- → German: Harmonika
- → Spanish: armónica
- → Japanese: ハーモニカ (hāmonika)
- → Sakizaya: hamunika
- → Korean: 하모니카 (hamonika)
Translations
editwind instrument
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musical instrument, consisting of a series of glasses
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toy instrument
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References
edit- ^ “harmonica”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English harmonica (“musical instrument made from hemispherical glasses”), coined by Benjamin Franklin as armonica based on Italian armonica, from Latin harmonica, feminine of harmonicus, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονία (harmonía, “harmony”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editharmonica f (plural harmonica's)
- harmonica, mouth harp (portable wind instrument)
- Synonym: mondharmonica
- harmonica, glass harmonica (musical instrument made from hemispherical glasses)
- Synonym: glasharmonica
Derived terms
editFrench
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Harmonika; compare harmonique.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editharmonica m (plural harmonicas)
Further reading
edit- “harmonica”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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