noun
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Meanings
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a small keyboard instrument whose free reeds are sounded by air supplied through bellows
She pumped the pedals of the harmonium and began the hymn.
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Synonyms
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noun
· a small keyboard instrument...
reed organ
Word family
Derived forms
harmoniumist
Etymology
Borrowed from French harmonium, the name patented by instrument maker Alexandre Debain in 1840, and formed from harmonie, 'harmony,' with the instrument suffix -ium.