harmonica

== English == === Etymology === From armonica. Coined by American polymath and statesman Benjamin Franklin to refer to his glass harmonica, an instrument that predated the small wind instrument by several decades. Doublet of harmonic; compare Latin harmonicus. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌhɑɹˈmɒ.nɪ.kə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌhɑɹˈmɑ.nɪ.kə/ === Noun === harmonica (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 ==== French harp gob iron harmonicon (dated) Mississippi sax mouth harp mouth organ tin sandwich ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: harmonica → German: Harmonika→ French: harmonica→? Plautdietsch: Harmonika→ Polish: harmonika→ Upper Sorbian: harmonika → Spanish: armónica → Japanese: ハーモニカ (hāmonika)→ Sakizaya: hamunika → Korean: 하모니카 (hamonika) ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “harmonica”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. === Anagrams === charmonia == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed 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 === IPA(key): /ˌɦɑrˈmoː.ni.kaː/ Hyphenation: har‧mo‧ni‧ca === Noun === harmonica f (plural harmonica's, no diminutive) harmonica, mouth harp (portable wind instrument) Synonym: mondharmonica harmonica, glass harmonica (musical instrument made from hemispherical glasses) Synonym: glasharmonica ==== Derived terms ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Harmonika; compare harmonique. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aʁ.mɔ.ni.ka/ === Noun === harmonica m (plural harmonicas) harmonica === Further reading === “harmonica”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012