harmonica

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harmonicas (wind instruments)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌhɑɹ.ˈmɒ.nɪ.kə/
• (US) IPA: /ˌhɑɹ.ˈmɑ.nɪ.kə/

Noun

harmonica (plural harmonicas)

1. a musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note
2. a musical instrument, consisting of a series of hemispherical glasses which, by touching the edges with the dampened finger, give forth the tones.
3. a toy instrument of strips of glass or metal hung on two tapes, and struck with hammers.

Synonyms

• gob iron
• Mississippi sax
• mouth organ
• tin sandwich

Translations

wind instrument

• Catalan: harmònica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 口琴 (cmn) (kǒuqín)

• Czech: harmonika (cs) f
• Danish: mundharmonika (da) c, mundharpe (da) c
• Dutch: mondharmonica (nl) f
• Estonian: suupill (et)
• Finnish: huuliharppu (fi)
• French: harmonica (fr) m
• German: Mundharmonika (de) f
• Greek: φυσαρμόνικα (el) (fysarmónika) f

• Hungarian: szájharmonika (hu)
• Irish: armónach (ga) m
• Italian: armonica (it)
• Japanese: ハーモニカ (ja) (hāmonika)
• Korean: 하모니카 (ko) (hamonika)
• Macedonian: усна хармоника (mk) (úsna harmónika) f
• Marathi: हार्मोनिका (mr) (hārmonikā) m
• Portuguese: gaita (pt)
• Russian: губная гармоника (ru) (gubnája garmónika) f, (colloquial) губная гармошка (ru) (gubnája garmóška) f
• Spanish: armónica (es) f, harmónica (es) f
• Swahili: kinanda cha mdomo (sw)

musical instrument, consisting of a series of glasses

• German: Glasharmonika (de) f

toy instrument

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Translations to be checked

• Slovene: orglice f

• Swedish: munspel n

Anagrams

• charmonia