harmonium

See also: Harmonium and harmóníum

English

An Indian harmonium.

Etymology

Borrowed from French harmonium, a term coined by Alexandre Debain.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊniəm

Noun

harmonium (plural harmoniums)

1. (music) A small keyboard instrument that consists of a series of reed pipes, which sound when one of the keys is pressed to open a valve that allows air to pass through.

Derived terms

• harmoniumist

Translations

musical instrument

• Catalan: harmònium (ca) m
• Dutch: harmonium (nl) n
• French: harmonium (fr) m
• German: Harmonium (de) n
• Gujarati: પેટીવાજું (peṭīvājũ)
• Icelandic: harmóníum n
• Irish: armóin f
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• Latin: harmonium n (New Latin)
• Maori: hāmonia
• Marathi: हार्मोनियम (hārmoniyam)
• Norman: harmonium m (Jersey)
• Tagalog: armonyo
• Telugu: హార్మోనియం (te) (hārmōniyaṁ)

Usage notes

• See Wikipedia for differences in usage between US and UK

See also

• reed organ

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Noun

harmonium m (plural harmoniums)

1. (Jersey) harmonium