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harmony¹

  • /ˈhɑːmə.ni/ UK
  • /ˈhɑ̟ɹ.mə.ni/ US
  • /ˈhɐːmə.ni/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /ˈhaɾ.mə.ne/ Scotland
  • /-nɪ/ Scotland
  • /-ni/ Scotland

Sounds like hominy (non-rhotic, father–bother merger, weak vowel merger) · Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)məni

Where it comes from

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.

noun harmonies

  1. countable, uncountable Agreement or accord. 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.
  2. countable, uncountable A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds.
  3. countable, uncountable The academic study of chords.
  4. countable, uncountable Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord.
  5. countable, uncountable The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously. 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 […]
  6. countable, uncountable A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency. a harmony of the Gospels

Harmony²

Where it comes from

From harmony.

proper noun

  1. A female given name from Latin. Following this formula, Harmony Hammond chose an exhibition of her dark, potent, meaning-layered paintings to be complemented by the work of Haleh Niazmand.
  2. A male given name from Latin. In other transfer news, Betar Jerusalem added Eran Levy, Haim Megrelashvili and Nigerian Harmony Ikande to its squad on Tuesday.
  3. A community in Rocky View County, Alberta.
  4. A community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.
  5. A hamlet in Perth South, Perth County, Ontario.
  6. A community in North Dundas, United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario.
  7. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Arkansas.
  8. An unincorporated community in San Luis Obispo County, California.
  9. An unincorporated community in Osceola County, Florida.
  10. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Illinois.
  11. A census-designated place in McHenry County, Illinois.
  12. A town in Van Buren Township, Clay County, Indiana.
  13. A town in Somerset County, Maine.
  14. An unincorporated community in Caroline County, Maryland.
  15. A city in Fillmore County, Minnesota.
  16. An unincorporated community in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
  17. An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Ocean County, New Jersey.
  18. An unincorporated community in Quinton Township, Salem County, New Jersey.
  19. A township and census-designated place therein, in Warren County, New Jersey.
  20. A town in Chautauqua County, New York.
  21. A town in Iredell County, North Carolina.
  22. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Ohio.
  23. An unincorporated community in Atoka County, Oklahoma.
  24. A borough and historic district in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
  25. A village and census-designated place in Providence County, Rhode Island.
  26. An unincorporated community in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
  27. An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia.
  28. An unincorporated community in Grover, Marinette County, Wisconsin.
  29. A town in Price County, Wisconsin.
  30. A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.
  31. A town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
  32. An unincorporated community in Albany County, Wyoming.
  33. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Harmony Township.

Harmony³

Where it comes from

Blend of Harry + Hermione, based on the common noun harmony.

proper noun

  1. slang, uncountable The ship of characters Harry Potter and Hermione Granger of the Harry Potter series. Oh that is bloody priceless, unfortunately I've seen some of the Harmony shippers' rants and that little piece of creative fiction could really be considered understating some of the reactions that were areound^([sic]) on some forums after the HBP release.

    Similar: H/H, H/Hr

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: concord, concordance, harmoniousness, musical harmony, accordance, accord, congruity, congruence, consistency, conformity, compatible, coherence, unanimity, congruent, cohesion, concert

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noun agreement or accord

Españolarmonía, harmonía
한국어조화 johwa
日本語調和 chōwa, ハーモニー hāmonī
中文和諧 /和谐 héxié, 和睦 hémù, 調和 /调和 tiáohé
हिन्दीसंधि sandhi, सद्भाव sadbhāv
Portuguêsharmonia
Françaisharmonie
DeutschHarmonie, Einklang
Italianoarmonia
Ελληνικάαρμονία armonía, αρμονικότητα armonikótita
Românăarmonie
Русскийсозву́чие sozvúčije, согла́сие soglásije, гармо́ния garmónija
Tiếng Việtđiều hoà, hài hoà, hoà thuận
العربيةاِنْسِجَام insijām, تَوَافُق tawāfuq, تَنَاغُم tanāḡum

noun pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds

Españolharmonía
한국어조화 johwa, 화성 hwaseong
日本語調和 chōwa, 和声 wasei, ハーモニー hāmonī
中文諧和 /谐和 xiéhé, 和諧 /和谐 héxié, 和聲 /和声 héshēng
हिन्दीसमन्वय samanvay, सामंजस्य sāmañjasya
Portuguêsharmonia
Françaisharmonie
DeutschHarmonie, Wohlklang
Italianoarmonia
Ελληνικάαρμονία armonía
Românăarmonie
Русскийгармо́ния garmónija, созву́чие sozvúčije
Tiếng Việthài hoà
العربيةاِنْسِجَام insijām
עבריתהַרְמוֹנְיָה harmónya

noun music: the academic study of chords

Españolarmonía
한국어화성학 hwaseonghak
日本語和声学 waseigaku
中文和聲學 /和声学 héshēngxué
हिन्दीस्वर-संगति svar-saṅgti
Portuguêsharmonia
Françaisharmonie
DeutschHarmonie, Harmonielehre
Italianoarmonia
Ελληνικάαρμονία armonía
Românăarmonie
Русскийгармо́ния garmónija

noun music: two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord

한국어화성 hwaseong
日本語ハーモニー hāmonī, 和声 wasei
中文和聲 /和声 heshēng, 哈默妮 hāmònī
Portuguêsacorde
Françaisharmonie
DeutschHarmonie
Italianoarmonia
Ελληνικάαρμονία armonía, συγχορδία synchordía
Românăarmonie
Русскийгармо́ния garmónija, созву́чие sozvúčije, акко́рд akkórd

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"harmony." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/harmony. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"harmony." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/harmony.

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@misc{harmony_2026,
  title = {harmony},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/harmony},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}