different between harmonica vs armonica

English

Etymology

German Harmonika; compare harmonic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h??.?m?.n?.k?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?h??.?m?.n?.k?/

Noun

harmonica (plural harmonicas)

1. a musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note
2. a musical instrument, consisting of a series of hemispherical glasses which, by touching the edges with the dampened finger, give forth the tones.
3. a toy instrument of strips of glass or metal hung on two tapes, and struck with hammers.

Synonyms

• French harp
• gob iron
• Mississippi sax
• mouth harp
• mouth organ
• tin sandwich

Derived terms

• glass harmonica
• harmonicaist (dated)
• harmonicist

Translations

Anagrams

• charmonia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English harmonica (“musical instrument made from hemispherical glasses”), coined by Benjamin Franklin as armonica based on Italian armonica, from Latin harmonica, feminine of harmonicus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (harmonía, “harmony”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???r?mo?.ni.ka?/
• Hyphenation: har?mo?ni?ca

Noun

harmonica f (plural harmonica's)

1. harmonica, mouth harp (portable wind instrument)

   Synonym: mondharmonica

2. harmonica, glass harmonica (musical instrument made from hemispherical glasses)

   Synonym: glasharmonica

Derived terms

• glasharmonica
• handharmonica
• harmonicabus
• knopharmonica
• mondharmonica
• trekharmonica

French

Etymology

German Harmonika; compare harmonique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?.m?.ni.ka/

Noun

harmonica m (plural harmonicas)

1. harmonica

References

• “harmonica” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Coined by Benjamin Franklin, its inventor; built on Italian armonia (“harmony”). Glass harmonica is a corruption of Franklin's original word, a back-formation influenced by harmonica (a reed instrument invented sixty years later).

Noun

armonica (plural armonicas)

1. A musical instrument made of blown-glass bowls mounted on a spindle turned originally by a foot pedal, and played with wetted fingers, producing an ethereal sound. Technically, it is a crystallophone.

Synonyms

• glass harmonica

Derived terms

• armonicist

Further reading

• armonica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Marocain, armoniac, macaroni, marocain

Italian

Noun

armonica f (plural armoniche)

1. armonica, glass harmonica
2. (informal) harmonica, mouth organ

Derived terms

Adjective

armonica

1. feminine singular of armonico

Anagrams

• marciano, ricamano, romanica