harmony
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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 [edit]
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Audio (US) (file) - (US) IPA: /ˈhɑrməni/, X-SAMPA: /"hArm@ni/
- (UK) IPA: /ˈhɑːməni/, X-SAMPA: /"hA:m@ni/
Noun [edit]
harmony (plural harmonies)
- 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
- a pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds
- (music) The academic study of chords.
- (music) Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord.
- (music) The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously.
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Translations [edit]
agreement or accord
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pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds
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music: the academic study of chords
music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord
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External links [edit]
- harmony in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- harmony in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911