harmony

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Agreement or accord.
2. (countable, uncountable) A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds.
3. (countable, uncountable) The academic study of chords.
4. (countable, uncountable) Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord.
5. (countable, uncountable) The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously.
6. (countable, uncountable) A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency.

Synonyms

concord

agreement

accord

unity

peace

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concordance

union

coordination

consonance

unison

cooperation

melody

concert

tune

conformity

accordance

correspondence

symmetry

euphony

harmoniousness

congruity

compatibility

match

consistency

chord

symphony

rapport

keeping

coherence

harmonious

music

🎶

friendship

in harmony

musical harmony

group

tranquility

unanimity

smoothness

rationality

serenity

perfection

oneness

amity

sense

coherency

consensus

connection

tone

congruency

congruence

Translations

armonia

harmonie

Harmonie

armonía

αρμονία

harmonia

accordo

armoni

harmonie

Eintracht

eendracht

samenklank

harmonia

ensemble

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɑɹ.mə.ni/

Etymology

First attested in 1602. From Middle English armonye, from Old French harmonie/armonie, from Latin harmonia, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονία (harmonía, “joint, union, agreement, concord of sounds”), either from or cognate with ἁρμόζω (harmózō, “I fit together”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join, fit, fix together”). Doublet of harmonia.