harmonize

English

Alternative forms

• harmonise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑː.mə.naɪz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑɹ.mə.naɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mənaɪz
• Hyphenation: har‧mon‧ize

Verb

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

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.

   • 1986 February 15, John Cronin, “More To It Than Homophobia”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 31, page 5:

     Late-night disruptions from the previous club repeatedly plagued the neighborhood. Mindful of this experience, we have been anxious to facilitate a new use for the building which would harmonize with the residential character of the area.

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, disharmonise
  • harmonizability, harmonisability
• harmonizable, harmonisable
• harmonization, harmonisation
• harmonizer, harmoniser
• harmonizingly, harmonisingly
• reharmonize, reharmonise
• unharmonized, unharmonised

Related terms

• harmonization

Translations

to be in harmonious agreement

• Catalan: harmonitzar (ca)
• Comorian:

  Ngazidja Comorian: ulingana

• French: s'accorder (fr)
• Galician: harmonizar
• German: harmonieren (de)
• Korean: 조화시키다 (johwasikida), 화합시키다 (hwahapsikida)
• 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
• Japanese: ハモる (ja) (hamoru)
• Kazakh: үйлестіру (üilestıru)
• Latin: concino
• Māori: 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)
• Māori: whakaōrua
• Russian: гармонизировать (ru) (garmonizirovatʹ)

to provide the harmony for a melody

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

Further reading

• “harmonize”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Horezmian

Portuguese

Verb

harmonize

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