armonica

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).

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. It has enjoyed a modern revival.

• glass harmonica

• armonicist

• armonica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Marocain, armoniac, macaroni, marocain

armonica f (plural armoniche)

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

armonica

1. Feminine singular of adjective armonico.

• marciano, ricamano, romanica