harmonica
/ˌhɑɹˈmɒ.nɪ.kə/US/ˌhɑɹˈmɑ.nɪ.kə/
harmonica noun: a musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note.
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.
harmonica meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Kannada and Tagalog
harmonica in Tamil
- பல்வேறு இசைக்கருவிகளின் பொதுப்பெயர்
harmonica in Marathi
- wind instrument
- हार्मोनिका hārmonikā
harmonica in Kannada
- ರಾಗಮಾಲಿಕೆ, ಬಾಯಿ ಹಾರ್ಮೋನಿಯಮ್ಮು
harmonica in Tagalog
- wind instrument
- silindro, armonika
More languagesFewer languages
- harmonica in Arabic
- هارمونيكا harmunika
- harmonica in Indonesian
- harmonika
- harmonica in Persian
- سازدهنی sâzdahani
- harmonica in Vietnamese
- khẩu cầm
Examples of harmonica in a sentence
- A blue mare approached with the sweet sound of a harmonica.
- Weeks later at a staff campout, he arrived with his guitar, harmonica and some interesting microbrews.
- The tovarishes bring along their harmonicas and balalaikas, their good voices and their good humor.
Synonyms of harmonica
Forms of harmonica
| plural | harmonicas |
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Origin of harmonica
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.
Words formed from harmonica
Phrases with harmonica
Questions about harmonica
- What does harmonica mean?
- Harmonica means a musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note.
- What is harmonica in Tamil?
- Harmonica in Tamil is பல்வேறு இசைக்கருவிகளின் பொதுப்பெயர். See Harmonica meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is harmonica?
- Harmonica is a noun.
- How do you pronounce harmonica?
- Harmonica is pronounced /ˌhɑɹˈmɒ.nɪ.kə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of harmonica?
- The plural of harmonica is harmonicas.
Words near harmonica in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: harmonica (page history and authors); harmonica (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); harmonica (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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