noun
harmonium
hah-MOH-nee-uhm
noun
1
A keyboard instrument that produces sound by pushing air through small reeds, worked with foot pedals or a hand pump.
"The old church harmonium wheezed as she pumped the pedals."
"A harmonium accompanies much devotional singing in South Asia."
How to Use Harmonium
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA pump-organ style keyboard instrument, common in churches and in Indian classical and devotional music.
Word Forms
harmoniums plural
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Etymology
Coined in French by instrument maker Alexandre Debain in 1840, from harmony plus the Latin-style ending -ium.