harmonika

See also: Harmonika

Czech

Foukací harmonika.

Tahací harmonika.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦarmonɪka]

Noun

harmonika f

1. harmonica

   Synonym: foukací harmonika

2. accordion

   Synonyms: tahací harmonika, akordeon

Declension

Declension of harmonika (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	harmonika	harmoniky
genitive	harmoniky	harmonik
dative	harmonice	harmonikám
accusative	harmoniku	harmoniky
vocative	harmoniko	harmoniky
locative	harmonice	harmonikách
instrumental	harmonikou	harmonikami

Further reading

• “harmonika”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “harmonika”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English harmonica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /harmoːnika/, [hɑˈmoːˀnikʰa]

Noun

harmonika c (singular definite harmonikaen, plural indefinite harmonikaer)

1. accordion
2. concertina
3. (rare) harmonica

Inflection

Declension of harmonika

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	harmonika	harmonikaen	harmonikaer	harmonikaerne
genitive	harmonikas	harmonikaens	harmonikaers	harmonikaernes

Synonyms

• (accordion): trækharmonika
• (concertina): koncertina, klovneharmonika
• (harmonica): mundharmonika

Related terms

• harmonikasammenstød
• harmonikaseng

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒrmonikɒ]
• Hyphenation: har‧mo‧ni‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

Noun

harmonika (plural harmonikák)

1. accordion, squeezebox

   Synonym: tangóharmonika

2. harmonica

   Synonym: szájharmonika

3. concertina

   Synonym: hatszögletű harmonika

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	harmonika	harmonikák
accusative	harmonikát	harmonikákat
dative	harmonikának	harmonikáknak
instrumental	harmonikával	harmonikákkal
causal-final	harmonikáért	harmonikákért
translative	harmonikává	harmonikákká
terminative	harmonikáig	harmonikákig
essive-formal	harmonikaként	harmonikákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	harmonikában	harmonikákban
superessive	harmonikán	harmonikákon
adessive	harmonikánál	harmonikáknál
illative	harmonikába	harmonikákba
sublative	harmonikára	harmonikákra
allative	harmonikához	harmonikákhoz
elative	harmonikából	harmonikákból
delative	harmonikáról	harmonikákról
ablative	harmonikától	harmonikáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	harmonikáé	harmonikáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	harmonikáéi	harmonikákéi

Possessive forms of harmonika

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	harmonikám	harmonikáim
2nd person sing.	harmonikád	harmonikáid
3rd person sing.	harmonikája	harmonikái
1st person plural	harmonikánk	harmonikáink
2nd person plural	harmonikátok	harmonikáitok
3rd person plural	harmonikájuk	harmonikáik

Derived terms

Compound words

• szájharmonika
• tangóharmonika
• üvegharmonika

Further reading

• harmonika in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Icelandic

Noun

harmonika f (genitive singular harmoniku, nominative plural harmonikur)

1. (proscribed) alternative form of harmonikka

Declension

Declension of harmonika (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	harmonika	harmonikan	harmonikur	harmonikurnar
accusative	harmoniku	harmonikuna	harmonikur	harmonikurnar
dative	harmoniku	harmonikunni	harmonikum	harmonikunum
genitive	harmoniku	harmonikunnar	harmonika	harmonikanna

Further reading

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “harmonika”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch mondharmonica, from German Mundharmonika.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [harmoˈnika]
• Hyphenation: har‧mo‧ni‧ka

Noun

harmonika (plural harmonika-harmonika)

1. (music) harmonica: a musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note

Related terms

• harmoni
• harmonik
• harmonis
• harmonisasi
• harmonium

Further reading

• “harmonika”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

From English harmonica.

Noun

harmonika (Jawi spelling هرمونيکا, plural harmonika-harmonika or harmonika²)

1. (music) harmonica: a musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note.

Further reading

• "harmonika" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Polish

Alternative forms

• marmulka (Central Greater Poland)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Harmonika, from Latin harmonicus, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονικός (harmonikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xar.mɔˈɲi.ka/

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• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: har‧mo‧ni‧ka

Noun

harmonika f

1. harmony
2. (physics, music) harmonics
3. glass harmonica
4. (mathematics) harmonic

Declension

Declension of harmonika

	singular	plural
nominative	harmonika	harmoniki
genitive	harmoniki	harmonik
dative	harmonice	harmonikom
accusative	harmonikę	harmoniki
instrumental	harmoniką	harmonikami
locative	harmonice	harmonikach
vocative	harmoniko	harmoniki

Further reading

• “harmonika”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “harmonika”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Harmonika and Italian armonica, from Latin harmonicus. Compare harmonija.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xarmǒnika/
• Hyphenation: har‧mo‧ni‧ka

Noun

harmònika f (Cyrillic spelling хармо̀ника)

1. accordion

Declension

Declension of harmonika

	singular	plural
nominative	harmonika	harmonike
genitive	harmonike	harmonika
dative	harmonici	harmonikama
accusative	harmoniku	harmonike
vocative	harmoniko	harmonike
locative	harmonici	harmonikama
instrumental	harmonikom	harmonikama

Derived terms

• harmonìkāš

References

• “harmonika”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xarmòːnika/

Noun

harmọ́nika f

1. accordion (a small, portable, keyed wind instrument)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	harmónika
gen. sing.	harmónike
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	harmónika	harmóniki	harmónike
genitive (rodȋlnik)	harmónike	harmónik	harmónik
dative (dajȃlnik)	harmóniki	harmónikama	harmónikam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	harmóniko	harmóniki	harmónike
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	harmóniki	harmónikah	harmónikah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	harmóniko	harmónikama	harmónikami

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish armónica, from English harmonica. The /h/ has been repronounced due to spelling and English influence.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /haɾˈmonika/ [hɐɾˌmoː.n̪ɪˈxa]
• Rhymes: -onika
• Syllabification: har‧mo‧ni‧ka

Noun

harmóniká (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜇ᜔ᜋᜓᜈᜒᜃ) (music)

1. alternative form of armonika

Related terms

• harmonisasyon
• harmonista
• harmonya
• harmonyo

Further reading

• “harmonika”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “harmonika”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 49