armonica
See also: armónica
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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).
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armonica (plural armonicas)
- 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.
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ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English armonica, harmonica.
NounEdit
armonica f (plural armoniche)
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armonica f sg