harmonium

See also: Harmonium and harmóníum

English

An Indian harmonium.

Etymology

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

Noun

harmonium (plural harmoniums)

(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.

Derived terms

harmoniumist

Translations

musical instrument

Catalan: harmònium (ca) m
Dutch: harmonium (nl) n
French: harmonium (fr) m
German: Harmonium (de) n
Gujarati: પેટીવાજું (peṭīvājũ)
Icelandic: harmóníum n
Irish: armóin f

Latin: harmonium n (New Latin)
Maori: hāmonia
Marathi: हार्मोनियम (hārmoniyam)
Norman: harmonium m (Jersey)
Tagalog: armonyo
Telugu: హార్మోనియం (te) (hārmōniyaṃ)

Usage notes

See Wikipedia for differences in usage between US and UK

See also

reed organ

Norman

Etymology

Noun

harmonium m (plural harmoniums)

(Jersey) harmonium

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