harmony
/ˈhɑːməni/HAHR-muh-nee
/ˈhɑɹməni/HAHR-muh-nee
Meaninga fitting together
Common meaning: agreement
Other meanings: pleasing sounds
- harma fastening; agreement, concordLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 118 · scan
- onynoun ending: a group or place of
Journey through time
- Greekἁρμονία‘a fastening’
- Middle Englishharmoniesource
- Englishharmony‘agreement’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek ἁρμονία ‘a fastening; agreement, concord’.
Roots
- ἁρμονία Greek “a fastening; agreement, concord”
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