harmony

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Etymology

First attested in 1602. From Middle English armonye, from Old French harmonie/armonie, from Latin harmonia, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονία (harmonia, “joint, union, agreement, concord of sounds”)

Pronunciation

• (US)
  • IPA: /ˈhɑrməni/
  • SAMPA: /"hArm@ni/

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Noun

harmony (plural harmonies)

1. agreement or accord
   • America’s social harmony has depended at least to some degree on economic growth. It is easier to get along when everyone, more or less, is getting ahead. — Evan Thomas, Why It’s Time to Worry, Newsweek 2010-12-04
2. a pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds
3. (music) the academic study of chords
4. (music) two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord
5. (music) the relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously

Related terms

• harmonic
• harmonics
• harmonious
• harmonize

Translations

agreement or accord

Arabic: انسجام (ar) (insijaam) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 和諧 (cmn), 和谐 (cmn) (héxié), 和睦 (cmn) (hémù), 調和 (cmn), 调和 (cmn) (tiáohé) Czech: soulad (cs) m. Esperanto: harmonio (eo) Finnish: harmonia (fi) French: harmonie (fr) f. German: Harmonie (de) f. Greek: αρμονία (el) (armonía) f., αρμονικότητα (el) (armonikótita) Icelandic: jafnvægi (is) n. Italian: armonia (it) f.

Japanese: 調和 (ja) (ちょうわ, chōwa) Kurdish: ئاهه‌نگ (ku) (aheng) Latvian: harmonija (lv) f., saskaņa (lv) f. Lithuanian: darna (lt) f., harmonija (lt) f. Portuguese: harmonia (pt) f. Russian: созвучие (ru) (sozvúčije) n., согласие (ru) (soglásije) n., гармония (ru) (garmónija) f. Scottish Gaelic: rèite (gd) f., rèiteachadh (gd) m. Serbian: sazvučje n., sklad m., skladnost f. Slovak: súlad (sk) m. Spanish: armonía (es)

pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds

Chinese: Mandarin: 諧和 (cmn), 谐和 (cmn) (xiéhé), 和諧 (cmn), 和谐 (cmn) (héxié) Czech: soulad (cs) m., harmonie (cs) f. Esperanto: harmonio (eo) Finnish: harmonia (fi) French: harmonie (fr) f. German: Harmonie (de) f. Greek: αρμονία (el) (armonía) f. Icelandic: samhljómur (is) m. Italian: armonia (it) f.

Japanese: 調和 (ja) (ちょうわ, chōwa) Kurdish: ئاهه‌نگ (ku) (aheng) Manx: cochiaull (gv) Norwegian: harmoni (no) m. Russian: гармония (ru) (garmónija) f. Scottish Gaelic: co-cheòl (gd) m., co-fhuaim (gd) m., co-sheirm (gd) f. Serbian: sazvučje n., sklad m., skladnost f., saglasje n. Slovene: sozvočje n., harmonija f. Turkish: armoni (tr), uyum (tr), ahenk (tr)

music: the academic study of chords

Chinese: Mandarin: 和聲學 (cmn), 和声学 (cmn) (héshēngxué) Czech: harmonie (cs) f. Finnish: sointuoppi German: Harmonie (de) f. Greek: αρμονία (el) (armonía) f. Icelandic: hljómfræði (is) f.

Irish: armóin (ga) f. Italian: armonia (it) f. Japanese: 和声学 (ja) (わせいがく, waseigaku) Russian: гармония (ru) (garmónija) f. Scottish Gaelic: co-sheirm (gd) f. Turkish: armoni (tr)

music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord

Chinese: Mandarin: 和聲 (cmn), 和声 (cmn) (heshēng), 哈默妮 (cmn) (hāmònī) Finnish: sointu (fi) German: Harmonie (de) f. Greek: αρμονία (el) (armonía) f., συγχορδία (el) (synkhordía) f. Hungarian: akkord (hu) Icelandic: samhljómur (is) m. Irish: armóin (ga) f.

Italian: armonia (it) f. Japanese: ハーモニー (ja) (hāmonī), 和声 (ja) (わせい, wasei) Manx: cochiaull (gv) Russian: гармония (ru) (garmónija) f., созвучие (ru) (sozvúčije) n., аккорд (ru) (akkórd) m. Scottish Gaelic: co-sheirm (gd) f. Serbian: sazvučje n. Slovene: sozvočje n., harmonija f. Turkish: armoni (tr)

External links

• harmony in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• harmony in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911