harmonium

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French harmonium, coined by French harmonium inventor Alexandre Debain in 1840. By surface analysis, harmony +‎ -ium. First attested in 1847. === Pronunciation === enPR: här-mō′nē-əm (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɑːˈməʊ̯.niː.əm/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /hɑɹˈmoʊ̯.ni.əm/ (Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /hɐːˈmɐʉ̯.niː.əm/; (also Australian) /hɐːˈməʉ̯.niː.əm/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /haɹˈmo.ni.əm/ (India) IPA(key): /hɑː(ɾ)ˈmoː.niː.um/ Rhymes: -əʊniəm Hyphenation: har‧mo‧ni‧um === Noun === harmonium (plural harmoniums) (music) A small keyboard instrument that consists of a series of reed pipes, which sound when one of the keys is pressed to open a valve that allows air to pass through. Synonym of Hooke's atom. ==== Usage notes ==== In North America and the United Kingdom, a reed organ with pressure bellows is referred to as a harmonium, whereas in continental Europe, any reed organ is called a harmonium regardless of whether it has pressure or suction bellows. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === Further reading === “harmonium”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French harmonium. First attested in 1869. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɦɑrˈmɔ.nij.ʏm/ Rhymes: -ɔnijʏm Hyphenation: har‧mo‧ni‧um === Noun === harmonium n (plural harmoniums, diminutive harmoniumpje n) (music) harmonium (musical instrument) Synonyms: kamerorgel, traporgel === References === === Further reading === “harmonium” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language] Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “harmonium”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001 == French == === Etymology === From harmonie +‎ Latin -ium (abstract suffix). Coined by French harmonium inventor Alexandre Debain in 1840. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aʁ.mɔ.njɔm/ Hyphenation: har‧mo‧nium === Noun === harmonium m (plural harmoniums) (music) harmonium (musical instrument) ==== Descendants ==== → English: harmonium → German: Harmonium → Polish: harmonium → Turkish: harmonyum, armonyum === Further reading === “harmonium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Interlingua == === Etymology === Borrowed from French harmonium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /(h)arˈmo.ni.um/ Rhymes: -onium Hyphenation: har‧mo‧ni‧um === Noun === harmonium (plural harmoniums) (music) harmonium (musical instrument) == Latin == === Etymology === From harmonia + -ium. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [harˈmɔ.ni.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [arˈmɔː.ni.um] Hyphenation: har‧mo‧ni‧um === Noun === harmonium n (genitive harmoniī or harmonī); second declension (New Latin) accordion (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). == Norman == === Etymology === Borrowed from French harmonium. === Noun === harmonium m (plural harmoniums) (Jersey) (music) harmonium (musical instrument) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === harmonium n (definite singular harmoniet, indefinite plural harmonier, definite plural harmonia or harmoniene) (music) harmonium (musical instrument) Synonyms: pumpeorgel, salmesykkel, trøorgel, tråorgel == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === harmonium n (definite singular harmoniet, indefinite plural harmonium, definite plural harmonia) (music) harmonium (musical instrument) Synonyms: pumpeorgel, salmesykkel, trøorgel, tråorgel == Polish == === Alternative forms === harmonjum (pre-reform orthography (1936)) === Etymology === Borrowed from French harmonium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xarˈmɔɲ.jum/ Rhymes: -ɔɲjum Syllabification: har‧mon‧ium === Noun === harmonium n (music, obsolete) harmonium (musical instrument) Synonym: fisharmonia grać na harmonium ― to play harmonium ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “harmonium”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “harmonjum”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 19 Woliński, Marcin; Saloni, Zygmunt; Wołosz, Robert; Gruszczyński, Włodzimierz; Skowrońska, Danuta; Bronk, Zbigniew (2020), “harmonium”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]‎[4], 4. online edition, Warszawa