harmonium C2 Topic:Art & Music US /hɑːrˈmoʊ.ni.əm/ UK /hɑːˈməʊ.ni.əm/ See IPA manual Freq #45435 Meanings 1 noun 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. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a small keyboard instrument... reed organ Word family Derived forms harmoniumist Related forms melodeonorganfree reed 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. Topics Art & Music External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # harmonium **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /hɑːrˈmoʊ.ni.əm/ **IPA (UK):** /hɑːˈməʊ.ni.əm/ **Frequency rank:** 45435 ## Meanings 1. a small keyboard instrument whose free reeds are sounded by air supplied through bellows ## Examples - She pumped the pedals of the harmonium and began the hymn. ## Synonyms - reed organ ## Derived Forms - harmoniumist ## Related Forms - melodeon - organ - free reed ## 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. ## Topics - Art & Music markdown