Dictionary

harmony en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhaɾ.mə.ne/ (Scotland)
• /ˈhɑːmə.ni/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /-ni/ (Scotland)
• (US) audio
• /ˈhɑ̟ɹ.mə.ni/ (General-American)
• /-nɪ/ (Scotland)
• /ˈhɐːmə.ni/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

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, “to fit together”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join, fit, fix together”). First attested in 1602. Doublet of harmonia.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Agreement or accord.
   • December 4 2010, Evan Thomas, "Why It’s Time to Worry", in Newsweek 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.
2. (countable, uncountable) A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds.
3. (countable, uncountable) The academic study of chords.
4. (countable, uncountable) Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord.
5. (countable, uncountable) The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously.
   • 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 […] 2012 December 21, Hermann Hesse, Gertrude: A Novel, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, →OCLC:
6. (countable, uncountable) 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

Forms

Deriveds

harmonograph · harmony of vowels · harmonist · tense harmony · preestablished harmony · harmonizingly · xenharmony · harmonization · guitarmony · reharmonise · disharmonize · harmonize · nonharmony · harmonisable · harmonism · synharmony · unharmonised · unharmony · telharmony · disharmony · harmonisingly · disharmonise · harmonic · unharmonized · harmonisation · harmonious · inharmonious · reharmonize · vowel harmony · close harmony · philharmonic · negative harmony · Harmonist · imitative harmony · harmolodics · harmonizer · harmony of the spheres · inharmony · harmonics · harmonisability · harmonogram · harmonizability · polyharmony · pre-established harmony · harmoniphone · poly-harmony · harmonise · harmonizable · consonant harmony · harmoniser · Harmonite

Descendants

ハモる · ハーモニー

Translations (228)

pl harmonia (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · el αρμονία (music: the academic study of chords) · fa هارمونی (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · sh ха̀рмо̄нија (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · nl samenklank (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · lt harmonija (agreement or accord) · el αρμονικότητα (agreement or accord) · fi sointu (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · ko 조화 (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · nl samenklank (agreement or accord) · pl harmonia (music: the academic study of chords) · hi संधि (agreement or accord) · sh sázvūčje (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · nl harmonie (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · ko 조화 (agreement or accord) · sv ackord (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · uk співзву́чність (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · ro armonie (music: the academic study of chords) · ga comhtheacht (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · ru созву́чие (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · be зго́да (agreement or accord) · cmn 和聲 /和声 (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · vi hài hoà (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · sv harmonilära (music: the academic study of chords) · tr uyum (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · ca harmonia (music: the academic study of chords) · gd co-cheòl (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · bg хармо́ния (music: the academic study of chords) · sh sklȁd (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · ga comhchuibheacht (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · ro armonie (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · fi harmonia (agreement or accord) · hu akkord (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · hy հարմոնիա (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · de Harmonielehre (music: the academic study of chords) · it armonia (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · pt harmonia (music: the academic study of chords) · hy ներդաշնակություն (agreement or accord) · cmn 諧和 /谐和 (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · pt acorde (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · pl zgoda (agreement or accord) · sh сагласје (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · cmn 和睦 (agreement or accord) · de Harmonie (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · it armonia (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · mi reretahi (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · it armonia (music: the academic study of chords) · cs soulad (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · fi sopusointu (agreement or accord) · bg хармо́ния (agreement or accord) · gl harmonía (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · ru гармо́ния (agreement or accord) · ko 화성 (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · lt harmonija (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · fr harmonie (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · mk хармонија (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · ka ჰარმონია (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · gv cochiaull (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · de Wohlklang (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · et kooskõla (agreement or accord) · ja 調和 (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · de Harmonie (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · la concentio (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · sh скла̏д (agreement or accord) · gd co-sheirm (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · sh скла̏дно̄ст (agreement or accord) · nl overeenstemming (agreement or accord) · ja 和声 (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · de Harmonie (agreement or accord) · sl sozvočje (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · ja ハーモニー (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · de Einklang (agreement or accord) · cmn 調和 /调和 (agreement or accord) · sh sázvūčje (agreement or accord) · nl eendracht (agreement or accord) · fr harmonie (music: the academic study of chords) · sh са́звӯчје (agreement or accord) · sk harmónia (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · ta இசை (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · gd rèite (agreement or accord) · ang efnheorte (agreement or accord) · is samhljómur (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · id keselarasan (agreement or accord) · sa ऐक्य (agreement or accord) · ga síth (agreement or accord) · ko 화성학 (music: the academic study of chords) · is hljómfræði (music: the academic study of chords) · th ความบรรสาน (agreement or accord) · et harmoonia (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · uk гармо́нія (agreement or accord) · sh ха̀рмо̄нија (agreement or accord) · am ስምምነት (agreement or accord) · de Harmonie (music: the academic study of chords) · sl harmonija (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · cmn 和諧 /和谐 (agreement or accord) · ka ჰარმონია (agreement or accord) · ta இணக்கம் (agreement or accord) · sh hàrmōnija (agreement or accord) · fi sointuoppi (music: the academic study of chords) · ckb ئاھەنگ (agreement or accord) · et kooskõla (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · fi sopusointu (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · grc ἁρμονία (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · cs harmonie (music: the academic study of chords) · ar اِنْسِجَام (agreement or accord) · eo harmonio (agreement or accord) · hi स्वर-संगति (music: the academic study of chords) · cmn 和聲學 /和声学 (music: the academic study of chords) · es harmonía (agreement or accord) · tr armoni (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · ga armóin (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · ru гармо́ния (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · mi reo niko (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · sh sklȁdnōst (agreement or accord) · ru созву́чие (agreement or accord) · ru созву́чие (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · ta இசை (agreement or accord) · sk súlad (agreement or accord) · el αρμονία (agreement or accord) · nb harmoni (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · is samræmi (agreement or accord) · gv cochiaull (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · cs harmonie (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · be гармо́нія (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · bg съзву́чие (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · sh sázvūčje (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · sh sklȁd (agreement or accord) · gd co-fhuaim (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · it armonia (agreement or accord) · es harmonía (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · ja 調和 (agreement or accord) · sh sklȁdnōst (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · eo harmonio (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · gl harmonía (agreement or accord) · sh са́звӯчје (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · sh saglasje (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · bg съгла́сие (agreement or accord) · gd co-sheirm (music: the academic study of chords) · mi reo niko (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · es armonía (agreement or accord) · ru акко́рд (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · ru гармо́ния (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · tr ahenk (agreement or accord) · tr anlaşma (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · cmn 哈默妮 (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · ga comhréiteach (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · sk harmónia (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · sa राग (agreement or accord) · sh са́звӯчје (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · vi hài hoà (agreement or accord) · ja 和声学 (music: the academic study of chords) · hu összhangzattan (music: the academic study of chords) · hi सामंजस्य (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · gd rèiteachadh (agreement or accord) · hi सद्भाव (agreement or accord) · ca harmonia (agreement or accord) · sa संधि (agreement or accord) · et harmoonia (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · es armonía (music: the academic study of chords) · be сугу́чнасць (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · lt darna (agreement or accord) · sq harmoni (agreement or accord) · tr armoni (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · be гармо́нія (music: the academic study of chords) · ru гармо́ния (music: the academic study of chords) · vi hoà thuận (agreement or accord) · sv harmoni (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · uk гармо́нія (music: the academic study of chords) · tr armoni (music: the academic study of chords) · el αρμονία (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · nrf harmonie (agreement or accord) · lv saskaņa (agreement or accord) · el συγχορδία (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · ja 和声 (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · sl sozvočje (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · bg хармо́ния (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · uk зго́да (agreement or accord) · mk хармонија (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · uk співзву́ччя (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · uk гармо́нія (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · lv harmonija (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · ar تَوَافُق (agreement or accord) · cs soulad (agreement or accord) · gd co-sheirm (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · hy համերաշխություն (agreement or accord) · sv sämja (agreement or accord) · vi điều hoà (agreement or accord) · sl harmonija (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · cmn 和諧 /和谐 (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · grc συμφωνία (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · ro armonie (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · mk хармонија (agreement or accord) · sh скла̏д (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · ga armóin (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · pt harmonia (agreement or accord) · hy հարմոնիա (agreement or accord) · is samlyndi (agreement or accord) · ro armonie (agreement or accord) · be гармо́нія (agreement or accord) · fr harmonie (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · sh hàrmōnija (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · ru согла́сие (agreement or accord) · el αρμονία (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · sk súlad (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · cs harmonie (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · sh скла̏дно̄ст (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · ta நல்லிணக்கம் (agreement or accord) · grc ἁρμονία (agreement or accord) · pt harmonia (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · ckb ئاھەنگ (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · ar تَنَاغُم (agreement or accord) · hi समन्वय (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · fi harmonia (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · be сугу́чча (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · lv harmonija (agreement or accord) · ga armóin (music: the academic study of chords) · hy ներդաշնակություն (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · tr ahenk (pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds) · et harmoonia (agreement or accord) · sk harmónia (music: the academic study of chords) · is jafnvægi (agreement or accord) · is samhljómur (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · fr harmonie (agreement or accord) · pl harmonia (music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord) · la concentio (music: the academic study of chords) · ta இசைவு (agreement or accord) · mk слога (agreement or accord) · grc συμφωνία (agreement or accord)