harmony
/ˈhɑ̟ɹ.mə.ni/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.11 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency.
Countable; Uncountable
name
A female given name from Latin.
name
A male given name from Latin.
Example Sentences
- "December 4 2010, Evan Thomas, "Why It’s Time to Worry", in Newsweek America's social harmony has depended at least to some degree on economic growth. It is easier to get along when everyone, more or less, is getting ahead."
- "I did not know anything more about music,only about finger exercises, difficult tasks, contradictions in the theory of harmony, and tedious piano lessons from a sarcastic teacher who saw in my […]"
- "a harmony of the Gospels"
- "Following this formula, Harmony Hammond chose an exhibition of her dark, potent, meaning-layered paintings to be complemented by the work of Haleh Niazmand."
- "Growing up in a family that included 12 brothers and sisters, Harmony James needed to find something that set her apart from the crowd. And boy did she succeed in that one."
- "For someone whose only acting experience was playing a Boy George lookalike in a high school production of the musical “The Wedding Singer,” Harmony Santana is having an incredible year. Ms. Santana is making her big-screen debut in Rashaad Ernesto Green’s coming-out drama “Gun Hill Road,” which had its premiere in January at the Sundance Film Festival."
Etymology
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, “to fit together”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join, fit, fix together”). First attested in 1602. Doublet of harmonia.
Origin
- Source language: Middle English
- First known use: First attested in 1602
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhɑ̟ɹ.mə.ni/
- British English: /ˈhɑːmə.ni/