armonica

See also: armónica and årmonica

English

A pair of hands on the bowls of an armonica.

Etymology

Coined by Benjamin Franklin, its inventor; built on Italian armonia (“harmony”). Glass harmonica is a corruption of Franklin's original word, a back-formation influenced by harmonica (a reed instrument invented sixty years later).

Noun

armonica (plural armonicas)

1. A musical instrument made of blown-glass bowls mounted on a spindle turned originally by a foot pedal, and played with wetted fingers, producing an ethereal sound. Technically, it is a crystallophone.

Synonyms

• glass harmonica

Derived terms

• armonicist

Further reading

• armonica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Marciano, Marocain, armoniac, macaroni, marocain

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English armonica, harmonica.

Noun

armonica f (plural armoniche)

1. (obsolete) armonica, glass harmonica
2. harmonica, mouth organ

Derived terms

• armonica a bocca
• fisarmonica

Adjective

armonica f sg

1. feminine singular of armonico

Anagrams

• Marciano, Marconia, coramina, marciano, ricamano, romancia, romanica