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語源

From armonica. Coined by American polymath and statesman Benjamin Franklin to refer to his glass harmonica, an instrument that predated the small wind instrument by several decades. Doublet of harmonic; compare Latin harmonicus.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˌhɑɹˈmɒ.nɪ.kə/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌhɑɹˈmɑ.nɪ.kə/

名詞

harmonica (plural harmonicas)

1. A musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note.
2. A musical instrument, consisting of a series of hemispherical glasses which, by touching the edges with the dampened finger, give forth the tones.
3. A toy instrument of strips of glass or metal hung on two tapes, and struck with hammers.

同意語

• French harp
• gob iron
• harmonicon (dated)
• Mississippi sax
• mouth harp
• mouth organ
• tin sandwich

派生語

派生した語

• → Dutch: harmonica
• → German: Harmonika
  • → French: harmonica
  • →? Plautdietsch: Harmonika
  • → Polish: harmonika
  • → Upper Sorbian: harmonika
• → Spanish: armónica
• → Japanese: ハーモニカ (hāmonika)
  • → Sakizaya: hamunika
• → Korean: 하모니카 (hamonika)

Further reading

• “harmonica”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

アナグラム

• charmonia