harmonica

See also: harmónica, harmònica, and harmônica

English

Two types of harmonicas (sense 1)

Etymology

    Pseudo-Latinism, derived from harmonica, from Latin harmonicus. Doublet of armonica.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /hɑːˈmɒnɪkə/
      • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˌhɑɹˈmɑnɪkə/
    • Rhymes: -ɒnɪkə

    Noun

    harmonica (plural harmonicas) (music)

    2. A musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note.
      Synonyms: French harp, gob iron, harmonicon, Mississippi sax, mouth harp, mouth organ, tin sandwich
    3. Synonym of glass harmonica (“musical instrument made of blown-glass bowls mounted on a spindle turned by a foot pedal, played with wetted fingers, which produces an ethereal sound”).
    4. A toy instrument of strips of glass or metal hung on tapes, struck with hammers.

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    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/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: har‧mo‧ni‧ca

    Noun

    harmonica f (plural harmonica's, no diminutive)

    1. harmonica, mouth harp (portable wind instrument)
      Synonym: mondharmonica
    2. harmonica, glass harmonica (musical instrument made from hemispherical glasses)
      Synonym: glasharmonica

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    French

    Etymology

      Borrowed from German Harmonika; compare harmonique.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      harmonica m (plural harmonicas)

      1. harmonica

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