different between keyboard vs harmonium

English

Etymology

From key +? board.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: k?'bôrd, IPA^(key): /?kib??d/
• (UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /?ki?b??d/

Noun

keyboard (plural keyboards)

1. (computing, etc.) A set of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer etc.
2. (music) A component of many instruments including the piano, organ, and harpsichord consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck.
3. (music) A device with keys of a musical keyboard, used to control electronic sound-producing devices which may be built into or separate from the keyboard device.

Synonyms

• (electronic musical device): electronic keyboard

Derived terms

Related terms

• key
• keypad
• keys

Translations

Verb

keyboard (third-person singular simple present keyboards, present participle keyboarding, simple past and past participle keyboarded)

1. (intransitive) To type on a computer keyboard.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English keyboard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ki.b?rt/
• Hyphenation: key?board

Noun

keyboard n (plural keyboards or keyboarden, diminutive keyboardje n)

1. (music) keyboard (electrical keyboard instrument)
2. (computing) keyboard (input device for a computer)

Usage notes

• The plural keyboarden is rare, at least in writing.

Synonyms

• (computing): toetsenbord

Derived terms

• keyboardspeelster
• keyboardspeler

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French harmonium, a term coined by Alexandre Debain.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??ni?m

Noun

harmonium (plural harmoniums)

1. (music) 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.
   • 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Harcourt Brace Jovanivich, page 181:

     They were a grave and reverend seignior in a frock coat, a lady sitting at a portable harmonium, and a chinless youth toying with a crucifix.

Derived terms

• harmoniumist

Translations

Usage notes

• See Wikipedia for differences in usage between US and UK

See also

• reed organ

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

harmonium m (plural harmoniums)

1. (Jersey) harmonium

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

harmonium n (definite singular harmoniet, indefinite plural harmonier, definite plural harmonia or harmoniene)

1. (music) a harmonium or pump organ

   Synonyms: pumpeorgel, salmesykkel, trøorgel, tråorgel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

harmonium n (definite singular harmoniet, indefinite plural harmonium, definite plural harmonia)

1. (music) a harmonium or pump organ

   Synonyms: pumpeorgel, salmesykkel, trøorgel, tråorgel