harmonica

See also: harmónica, harmònica, and harmônica

English

harmonicas (wind instruments)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhɑɹ.ˈmɒ.nɪ.kə/
• IPA^(key): /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

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

Derived terms

• glass harmonica
• harmonicaist (dated)
• harmonicist

Translations

wind instrument

• Arabic: هارمونيكا f (harmunika)
• Catalan: harmònica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 口琴 (zh) (kǒuqín)

• Czech: harmonika (cs) f
• Danish: mundharmonika c, mundharpe c
• Dutch: mondharmonica (nl) f
• Esperanto: buŝharmoniko
• Estonian: suupill
• Finnish: huuliharppu (fi)
• French: harmonica (fr) m
• German: Mundharmonika (de) f
• Greek: φυσαρμόνικα (el) f (fysarmónika)
• Hebrew: מַפּוּחִית פֶּה (mapukhit pe)
• Hungarian: szájharmonika (hu)
• Ilocano: silindro
• Irish: armónach m
• Italian: armonica (it) f
• Japanese: ハーモニカ (ja) (hāmonika), 口風琴 (ja) (くちふうきん, kuchifūkin)
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• Korean: 하모니카 (ko) (hamonika)
• Kurdish:
• Lithuanian: lūpinė armonikėlė f
• Macedonian: у́сна хармо́ника f (úsna harmónika)
• Maori: hāmonia
• Marathi: हार्मोनिका m (hārmonikā)
• Mongolian: аман хуур (aman xuur)
• Norwegian: munnspill, munnharmonika
• Persian: سازدهنی (fa) (sâzdahani)
• Polish: harmonijka (pl)
• Portuguese: gaita (pt)
• Russian: губна́я гармо́ника f (gubnája garmónika), губна́я гармо́шка f (gubnája garmóška) (colloquial)
• Spanish: armónica (es) f, harmónica (es) f
• Swahili: kinanda cha mdomo
• Swedish: munspel (sv) n
• Tagalog: silindro
• Vietnamese: khẩu cầm (口琴)

musical instrument, consisting of a series of glasses

• German: Glasharmonika (de) f
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toy instrument

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Translations to be checked

• Slovene: orglice (sl) f
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• Swedish: munspel (sv) n

Anagrams

• charmonia

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French

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.mɔ.ni.ka/

Noun

harmonica m (plural harmonicas)

1. harmonica

References

• “harmonica”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.