harmonium
Syllables: har·mo·ni·um/hɑːˈməʊ̯.niː.əm/US/hɑɹˈmoʊ̯.ni.əm/
harmonium noun: 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.
Noun
harmonium (plural harmoniums)
- 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.
- Pianos, melodiums, harmoniums, eolinas, &c. too dear at any price.1847, The Illustrated London News, volume 4, quoted in OED, page 95
- The only other man was a little grey-headed fellow with a pleasant face and quick, twinkling eyes, who sat at a harmonium in the corner.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Which Describes Some Strange Doings in Hammersmith”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published...
- Synonym of Hooke's atom.
- Synonyms:
- Hooke's atom
harmonium meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
harmonium in Hindi
- musical instrument
- हारमोनियम hārmoniyam
harmonium in Tamil
- கிண்ணரப் பெட்டி
harmonium in Marathi
- musical instrument
- हार्मोनियम hārmoniyam
harmonium in Urdu
- musical instrument
- ہارمونیم
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- harmonium in Bengali
- বাদ্যযন্ত্র বিশেষ
- harmonium in Telugu
- హార్మోనియం hārmōniyaṁ
- harmonium in Malayalam
- ഹാർമോണിയം hāṟmōṇiyaṁ, കിന്നരപ്പെട്ടി kinnarappeṭṭi
- harmonium in Gujarati
- પેટીવાજું peṭīvājũ
- harmonium in Tagalog
- armonyo
Synonyms of harmonium
Forms of harmonium
| plural | harmoniums |
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Origin of harmonium
Borrowed from French harmonium, coined by French harmonium inventor Alexandre Debain in 1840. By surface analysis, harmony + -ium. First attested in 1847.
Words formed from harmonium
Words that rhyme with harmonium
- pandemonium
- plutonium
- meconium
- onium
- polonium
- stramonium
- -curonium
- balonium
- decamethonium
- diazonium
- euphonium
- fandemonium
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Questions about harmonium
- What does harmonium mean?
- Harmonium means 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.
- What is harmonium in Hindi?
- Harmonium in Hindi is हारमोनियम (hārmoniyam). See Harmonium meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is harmonium?
- Harmonium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce harmonium?
- Harmonium is pronounced /hɑːˈməʊ̯.niː.əm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of harmonium?
- The plural of harmonium is harmoniums.
Words near harmonium in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: harmonium (page history and authors); harmonium (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); harmonium (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കിന്നരപ്പെട്ടി (Malayalam) (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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