harmonium
A small keyboard instrument that consists of a series of reed pipes, which sound when…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.
» The harmonium, accordion and mouth organ are aerophones with vibrating reeds.
Harmonium, Akkordeon und Mundharmonika sind Aerophone mit durchschlagenden Zungen.
Meaning
2 sensesA 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.
Harmonium
фисгармо́нияfisgarmónija
a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
Synonym of Hooke's atom.
Examples
1 sentencesThe harmonium, accordion and mouth organ are aerophones with vibrating reeds.
deHarmonium, Akkordeon und Mundharmonika sind Aerophone mit durchschlagenden Zungen.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French harmonium, coined by French harmonium inventor Alexandre Debain in 18Borrowed from French harmonium, coined by French harmonium inventor Alexandre Debain in 1840. By surface analysis, harmony + -ium. First attested in 1847.
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Forms
plural: harmoniums| Singular | harmonium |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows:organreed organ