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harmoniphone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
har-moni-phone
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A free-reed musical instrument played with a keyboard, in which the sounds are produced by reeds set in a tube, and vibrating under pressure from the breath; a precursor of the modern melodica.

Etymology

From its morphology, harmony + -phone.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

harmoniphones (plural)

Questions

What does harmoniphone mean?
A free-reed musical instrument played with a keyboard, in which the sounds are produced by reeds set in a tube, and vibrating under pressure from the breath; a precursor of the modern melodica.
Where does harmoniphone come from?
From its morphology, harmony + -phone.

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