Etymology
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First attested in 1602. From Middle English armonye, from Old French harmonie/armonie, from Latin harmonia, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονία (harmonía, “joint, union, agreement, concord of sounds”), either from or cognate with ἁρμόζω (harmózō, “I fit together”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join, fit, fix together”).
Pronunciation
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harmony (countable and uncountable, plural harmonies)
- Agreement or accord.
- December 4 2010, Evan Thomas, "Why It’s Time to Worry", in Newsweekk
- 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.
- A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds.
- (music) The academic study of chords.
- (music) Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord.
- (music) The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously.
2012 December 21, Hermann Hesse, Gertrude: A Novel[1], Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, →OCLC:I did not know anything more about music,only about finger exercises, difficult tasks, contradictions in the theory of harmony, and tedious piano lessons from a sarcastic teacher who saw in my […]
- A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency.
a harmony of the Gospels
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Translations
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agreement or accord
- Arabic: اِنْسِجَام m (insijām), تَوَافُق m (tawāfuq), تَنَاغُم m (tanāḡum)
- Armenian: ներդաշնակություն (hy) (nerdašnakutʻyun), համերաշխություն (hy) (hamerašxutʻyun), հարմոնիա (hy) (harmonia)
- Belarusian: гармо́нія (be) f (harmónija), зго́да f (zhóda)
- Bulgarian: съгла́сие (bg) n (sǎglásie), хармо́ния (bg) f (harmónija)
- Catalan: harmonia (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 和諧/和谐 (zh) (héxié), 和睦 (zh) (hémù), 調和/调和 (zh) (tiáohé)
- Czech: soulad (cs) m
- Dutch: samenklank (nl) m, eendracht (nl) f, overeenstemming (nl) f
- Esperanto: harmonio
- Finnish: sopusointu (fi), harmonia (fi)
- French: harmonie (fr) f
- Georgian: ჰარმონია (ka) (harmonia)
- German: Harmonie (de) f, Einklang (de) m
- Greek: αρμονία (el) f (armonía), αρμονικότητα (el) (armonikótita)
- Ancient: ἁρμονία f (harmonía), συμφωνία f (sumphōnía)
- 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)
- Korean: 조화(調和) (ko) (johwa)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ئاھەنگ (ckb) (aheng)
- Latvian: harmonija f, saskaņa f
- Lithuanian: darna f, harmonija (lt) f
- Macedonian: хармонија f (harmonija), слога f (sloga)
- Norman: harmonie f
- Old English: efnheorte f
- Polish: zgoda (pl) f
- Portuguese: harmonia (pt) f
- Romanian: armonie (ro) f
- Russian: созву́чие (ru) n (sozvúčije), согла́сие (ru) n (soglásije), гармо́ния (ru) f (garmónija)
- Sanskrit: राग (sa) m (rāga), संधि (sa) m (saṃdhi), ऐक्य (sa) m (aikya)
- Scottish Gaelic: rèite f, rèiteachadh m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: са́звӯчје n, скла̏д m, скла̏дно̄ст f, ха̀рмо̄нија f
- Roman: sázvūčje (sh) n, sklȁd (sh) m, sklȁdnōst (sh) f, hàrmōnija (sh) f
- Slovak: súlad m
- Spanish: armonía (es)
- Swedish: sämja (sv) c
- Ukrainian: гармо́нія (uk) f (harmónija), зго́да f (zhóda)
- Vietnamese: điều hoà (vi), hài hoà (vi), hoà thuận (vi)
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pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds
- Armenian: ներդաշնակություն (hy) (nerdašnakutʻyun), հարմոնիա (hy) (harmonia)
- Belarusian: гармо́нія (be) f (harmónija), сугу́чча n (suhúčča), сугу́чнасць f (suhúčnascʹ)
- Bulgarian: хармо́ния (bg) f (harmónija), съзву́чие (bg) n (sǎzvúčie)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 諧和/谐和 (zh) (xiéhé), 和諧/和谐 (zh) (héxié)
- Czech: soulad (cs) m, harmonie (cs) f
- Esperanto: harmonio
- Finnish: sopusointu (fi), harmonia (fi)
- French: harmonie (fr) f
- Georgian: ჰარმონია (ka) (harmonia)
- German: Harmonie (de) f, Wohlklang (de) m
- Greek: αρμονία (el) f (armonía)
- Ancient: ἁρμονία f (harmonía), συμφωνία f (sumphōnía)
- Icelandic: samhljómur (is) m
- Italian: armonia (it) f
- Japanese: 調和 (ja) (ちょうわ, chōwa), 和声 (ja) (わせい, wasei)
- Korean: 조화(調和) (ko) (johwa)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ئاھەنگ (ckb) (aheng)
- Latin: concentio f
- Macedonian: хармонија f (harmonija)
- Manx: cochiaull
- Maori: reretahi, reo niko
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: harmoni (no) m
- Persian: هارمونی (fa) (hârmoni)
- Polish: harmonia (pl) f
- Portuguese: harmonia (pt) f
- Romanian: armonie (ro) f
- Russian: гармо́ния (ru) f (garmónija), созву́чие (ru) n (sozvúčije)
- Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
- Scottish Gaelic: co-cheòl m, co-fhuaim m, co-sheirm f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: са́звӯчје n, скла̏д m, скла̏дно̄ст f, сагласје n
- Roman: sázvūčje (sh) n, sklȁd (sh) m, sklȁdnōst (sh) f, saglasje (sh) n
- Slovak: súlad m, harmónia f
- Slovene: sozvočje n, harmonija f
- Swedish: harmoni (sv) c
- Thai: (please verify) ความสามัคคี (th) (kwaam-sǎa-mák-kii)
- Turkish: armoni (tr), uyum (tr), ahenk (tr)
- Ukrainian: гармо́нія (uk) f (harmónija), співзву́ччя n (spivzvúččja), співзву́чність f (spivzvúčnistʹ)
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music: the academic study of chords
music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 和聲/和声 (zh) (heshēng), 哈默妮 (hāmònī)
- Czech: harmonie (cs) f
- Dutch: samenklank (nl) m, harmonie (nl) f
- Estonian: harmoonia
- Finnish: sointu (fi)
- French: harmonie (fr) f
- 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)
- Korean: 화성(和聲) (ko) (hwaseong)
- Latvian: harmonija f
- Lithuanian: harmonija (lt) f
- Macedonian: хармонија f (harmonija)
- Manx: cochiaull
- Maori: reo niko
- Polish: harmonia (pl) f
- Portuguese: acorde (pt) m
- Romanian: armonie (ro) f
- Russian: гармо́ния (ru) f (garmónija), созву́чие (ru) n (sozvúčije), акко́рд (ru) m (akkórd)
- Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
- Scottish Gaelic: co-sheirm f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: са́звӯчје n, ха̀рмо̄нија f
- Roman: sázvūčje (sh) n, hàrmōnija (sh) f
- Slovak: harmónia f
- Slovene: sozvočje n, harmonija f
- Swedish: ackord (sv) n
- Turkish: armoni (tr)
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Further reading
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- “harmony”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “harmony”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.