harmony

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Etymology

First attested in 1602. From Middle English armonye, from Old French harmonie/armonie, from Latin harmonia, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονία (harmonia, “joint, union, agreement, concord of sounds”).

Pronunciation

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑrməni/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːməni/

Noun

harmony (plural harmonies)

1. Agreement or accord.
   • America's social harmony has depended at least to some degree on economic growth. It is easier to get along when everyone, more or less, is getting ahead. — Evan Thomas, Why It’s Time to Worry, Newsweek 2010-12-04
2. a pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds
3. (music) The academic study of chords.
4. (music) Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord.
5. (music) The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously.

Related terms

• harmonic
• harmonics
• harmonious
• harmonize

Translations

agreement or accord

• Arabic: انسجام m (insijām), توافق m (tawāfuq)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 和諧 (zh), 和谐 (zh) (héxié), 和睦 (zh) (hémù), 調和 (zh), 调和 (zh) (tiáohé)

• Czech: soulad (cs) m
• Dutch: samenklank (nl) m, eendracht (nl) f, overeenstemming (nl) f
• Esperanto: harmonio
• Finnish: harmonia (fi)
• French: harmonie (fr) f
• German: Harmonie (de) f
• Greek: αρμονία (el) f (armonía), αρμονικότητα (el) (armonikótita)
• Icelandic: jafnvægi (is) n, samlyndi (is) n, samræmi (is) n
• Indonesian: keselarasan (id)
• Italian: armonia (it) f

• Japanese: 調和 (ja) (ちょうわ, chōwa)
• Jèrriais: harmonie f
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئاهه‌نگ (ku) (aheng)

• Latvian: harmonija f, saskaņa f
• Lithuanian: darna f, harmonija (lt) f
• Portuguese: harmonia (pt) f
• Romanian: armonie (ro) f
• Russian: созву́чие (ru) n (sozvúčije), согла́сие (ru) n (soglásije), гармо́ния (ru) f (garmónija)
• Scottish Gaelic: rèite f, rèiteachadh m
• Serbo-Croatian: sazvučje n, sklad m, skladnost f, harmonija f
• Slovak: súlad m
• Spanish: armonía (es)

pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 諧和, 谐和 (zh) (xiéhé), 和諧 (zh), 和谐 (zh) (héxié)

• Czech: soulad (cs) m, harmonie f
• Esperanto: harmonio
• Finnish: harmonia (fi)
• French: harmonie (fr) f
• German: Harmonie (de) f
• Greek: αρμονία (el) f (armonía)
• Icelandic: samhljómur (is) m
• Italian: armonia (it) f
• Japanese: 調和 (ja) (ちょうわ, chōwa)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئاهه‌نگ (ku) (aheng)

• Manx: cochiaull
• Norwegian: harmoni (no) m
• Persian: هارمونی (fa) (hârmoni)
• Portuguese: harmonia (pt) f
• Romanian: armonie (ro) f
• Russian: гармо́ния (ru) f (garmónija)
• Scottish Gaelic: co-cheòl m, co-fhuaim m, co-sheirm f
• Serbo-Croatian: sazvučje n, sklad m, skladnost f, saglasje n
• Slovene: sozvočje n, harmonija f
• Turkish: armoni (tr), uyum (tr), ahenk (tr)

music: the academic study of chords

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 和聲學, 和声学 (zh) (héshēngxué)

• Czech: harmonie f
• Finnish: sointuoppi
• German: Harmonie (de) f
• Greek: αρμονία (el) f (armonía)
• Icelandic: hljómfræði f
• Irish: armóin f

• Italian: armonia (it) f
• Japanese: 和声学 (わせいがく, waseigaku)
• Portuguese: harmonia (pt) f
• Romanian: armonie (ro) f
• Russian: гармо́ния (ru) f (garmónija)
• Scottish Gaelic: co-sheirm f
• Turkish: armoni (tr)

music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 和聲, 和声 (zh) (heshēng), 哈默妮 (hāmònī)

• Dutch: samenklank (nl) m
• Finnish: sointu (fi)
• German: Harmonie (de) f
• Greek: αρμονία (el) f (armonía), συγχορδία (el) f (synchordía)
• Hungarian: akkord (hu)
• Icelandic: samhljómur (is) m
• Irish: armóin f
• Italian: armonia (it) f

• Japanese: ハーモニー (hāmonī), 和声 (ja) (わせい, wasei)
• Manx: cochiaull
• Portuguese: acorde (pt) m
• Romanian: armonie (ro) f
• Russian: гармония (ru) f (garmónija), созвучие (ru) n (sozvúčije), аккорд (ru) m (akkórd)
• Scottish Gaelic: co-sheirm f
• Serbo-Croatian: sazvučje n
• Slovene: sozvočje n, harmonija f
• Turkish: armoni (tr)

External links

• harmony in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• harmony in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911