harmonize

English

Alternative forms

• harmonise (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

From French harmoniser. By surface analysis, harmony +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑɹmənaɪz/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mənaɪz

Verb

harmonize (third-person singular simple present harmonizes, present participle harmonizing, simple past and past participle harmonized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

1. (intransitive) To be in harmonious agreement.
   • 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 11, page 220:

     This explanation of the clan totem harmonizes with the supposed effect of killing one of the totem species.

2. (intransitive, music) To play or sing in harmony.
3. (transitive, music) To provide parts to.
4. (transitive) To bring things into harmony, or to make things compatible; to reconcile; juggle.
5. (transitive) To provide the harmony for a melody.

Derived terms

• disharmonize
• harmonizability
• harmonizable
• harmonizer
• harmonizingly
• reharmonize
• unharmonized

Related terms

• harmonization

Translations

to be in harmonious agreement

• Catalan: harmonitzar (ca)
• French: s’accorder (fr)
• Galician: harmonizar
• German: harmonieren (de)
• Korean: 조화시키다 (johwasikida), 화합시키다 (hwahapsikida)
• Ngazidja Comorian: ulingana
• Polish: basować (pl) impf
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} harmonizar (pt)
• Russian: гармонировать (ru) (garmonirovatʹ)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} harmonizar (es)

to play or sing in harmony

• Catalan: harmonitzar (ca)
• German: harmonieren (de)
• Hungarian: harmonizál (hu)
• Irish: armónaigh
• Kazakh: үйлестіру (üilestıru)
• Latin: concino
• Maori: whakaōrua

to bring things into harmony, or to make things compatible

• Armenian: ներդաշնակացնել (nerdašnakacʻnel)
• Bulgarian: хармонизирам (harmoniziram)
• Catalan: harmonitzar (ca)
• Czech: harmonizovat
• Esperanto: akordigi
• French: harmoniser (fr)
• German: harmonisieren (de)
• Japanese: 調和させる (ja) (chōwa saseru)
• Maori: whakaōrua
• Russian: гармонизировать (ru) (garmonizirovatʹ)

to provide the harmony for a melody

• Catalan: harmonitzar (ca)
• German: harmonisieren (de)
• Irish: armónaigh
• Kazakh: үйлестіру (üilestıru)

Anagrams

• Horezmian

Portuguese

Verb

harmonize

1. inflection of harmonizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative