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Definition of harmonium

harmonium

/hɑːrˈmoʊniəm/
har · mo · ni · um
Plural:harmoniums
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• noun

1

A keyboard musical instrument in which sound is produced by air pumped from foot-operated or hand-operated bellows through free metal reeds, widely used in Western parlors in the 19th century and in traditional Indian classical and devotional music.

Example

"The singer accompanied his devotional songs on a small, hand-pumped harmonium."

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harmonious
harmoniously
harmoniousness
harmonium
harmonization
harmonize
harmonizer

Word Origin & Etymology

Borrowed in the mid-19th century from French 'harmonium', coined by the instrument's patent-holder Alexandre-François Debain from the Latin 'harmonia' (meaning 'harmony', from Ancient Greek 'harmonia').

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Harmonium. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/harmonium
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