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har·mo·ny

(här′mə-nē)
n. pl. har·mo·nies
1.
a. An orderly or pleasing combination of elements in a whole: color harmony; the order and harmony of the universe.
b. A relationship in which various components exist together without destroying one another: different kinds of fish living in harmony.
c. A relationship characterized by a lack of conflict or by agreement, as of opinion or interest: family harmony.
2. Music
a. The study of the structure, progression, and relation of chords.
b. Simultaneous combination of notes in a chord.
c. The structure of a work or passage as considered from the point of view of its chordal characteristics and relationships.
d. A combination of sounds considered pleasing to the ear.
e. A musical line that harmonically complements the melody: You sing the lead part, and I'll sing the harmony.
3. A collation of parallel passages, especially from the Gospels, with a commentary demonstrating their consonance and explaining their discrepancies.
[Middle English armonie, from Old French, from Latin harmonia, from Greek harmoniā, articulation, agreement, harmony, from harmos, joint; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]
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harmony

(ˈhɑːmənɪ)
n, pl -nies
1. agreement in action, opinion, feeling, etc; accord
2. order or congruity of parts to their whole or to one another
3. agreeable sounds
4. (Music, other) music
a. any combination of notes sounded simultaneously
b. the vertically represented structure of a piece of music. Compare melody 1b, rhythm 1
c. the art or science concerned with the structure and combinations of chords
5. (Bible) a collation of the material of parallel narratives, esp of the four Gospels
[C14: from Latin harmonia concord of sounds, from Greek: harmony, from harmos a joint]
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har•mo•ny

(ˈhɑr mə ni)

n., pl. -nies.
1. agreement; accord; harmonious relations.
2. a consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement of parts; congruity.
3.
a. any simultaneous combination of tones.
b. the simultaneous combination of tones, esp. when blended into chords pleasing to the ear; chordal structure, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
c. the science of the structure, relations, and practical combination of chords.
4. an arrangement of the contents of the Gospels, either of all four or of the first three, designed to show their parallelism and differences.
[1350–1400; Middle English armonye < Middle French < Latin harmonia < Greek harmonía joint, framework, harmony]
syn: See symmetry.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:harmony - compatibility in opinion and action]harmony - compatibility in opinion and action
compatibility - capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination
congruence, congruity, congruousness - the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
2. [画像:harmony - the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords]harmony - the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords
music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
harmonisation, harmonization - a piece of harmonized music
four-part harmony - harmony in which each chord has four notes that create four melodic lines
preparation - (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord; "the resolution of one dissonance is often the preparation for another dissonance"
resolution - (music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord
3. harmony - a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
order - established customary state (especially of society); "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order"
peace - harmonious relations; freedom from disputes; "the roommates lived in peace together"
comity - a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect
accord, agreement - harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters; "the two parties were in agreement"
4. harmony - agreement of opinions
agreement - the verbal act of agreeing
5. harmony - an agreeable sound property
sound property - an attribute of sound
harmoniousness, consonance - the property of sounding harmonious
dissonance - disagreeable sounds
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harmony

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harmony

noun
2. Harmonious mutual understanding:
3. Satisfying arrangement marked by even distribution of elements, as in a design:
4. Pleasing agreement, as of musical sounds:
Music: consonance.
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Translations
إنْسِجامإنْسِجام، تَفاهُم
harmoniesouladsouzvuk
harmoni
harmoniasointu
akkord
samhljómursátt og samlyndihljómfræðijafnvægi
darniai dainuotidarniai grotidarnumasdarnusharmonija
harmonijasaskaņasaticība
harmóniasúladsúzvuk
ubranost
ahenk armonises ahengiuyum

harmony

[ˈhɑːmənɪ] N → armonía f
to sing/live in harmony with sb → cantar/vivir en armonía con algn
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harmony

[ˈhɑːrməni] n
(= accord) → harmonie f
racial harmony → harmonie f raciale
in harmony [live, work] → en harmonie
in harmony with sth/sb [live, work] → en harmonie avec qch/qn
(MUSIC) → harmonie f
in harmony [sing, play] → en harmonie
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harmony

n → Harmonie f; (of colours also) → harmonisches Zusammenspiel ; (fig: = harmonious relations) → Eintracht f; to live/work in perfect harmony with somebody → in Harmonie or Eintracht mit jdm leben/zusammenarbeiten ; to be in/out of harmony with (lit) → harmonieren/nicht harmonieren mit; (fig also) → in Einklang/nicht in Einklang stehen or sein mit; to live in harmony with nature → im Einklang mit der Natur leben ; to sing in harmony → mehrstimmig singen ; (= in tune) → rein singen ; his ideas are out of harmony with the age → seine Vorstellungen sind nicht zeitgemäß or passen nicht in die Zeit
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harmony

[ˈhɑːmənɪ] n → armonia
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harmony

(ˈhaːməni) – plural ˈharmonies – noun
1. (of musical sounds, colours etc) (the state of forming) a pleasing combination. The singers sang in harmony. harmonie إنْسِجام хармония harmonia souzvuk der Einklang harmoni αρμονία armonía harmoonia هماهنگی harmonia harmonie הרמוניה सहस्वरता, सुस्वरता harmonija, uskladenost harmónia harmoni samhljómur armonia 和声 화성 harmonija, darnumas harmonija; saskaņa harmoni harmonie harmoni, samklang harmonia, zgodność سم والى، برابوالى،هم غاړتوب harmonia armonie гармоничность súzvuk ubranost harmonija harmoni, samklang, välljud การประสานเสียง armoni; ses ahengi 和聲,色彩搭配和諧 гармонія سروں کا مترنم مجموعہ sự hài hoà; sự hoà âm 和谐
2. the agreement of people's feelings, opinions etc. Few married couples live in perfect harmony. harmonie, eensgesindheid إنْسِجام، تَفاهُم съзвучие harmonia harmonie die Harmonie harmoni αρμονία armonía kooskõla سازگاری sopusointu harmonie התאמה समरसता sklad, harmonija egyetértés keserasian sátt og samlyndi armonia 調和 조화, 일치 sutarimas, darnumas saskaņa; saticība harmoni harmonie harmoni, skjønn forening zgoda سم والى harmonia înţelegere гармония; согласие harmónia složnost harmonija harmoni ความสามัคคี uyum, ahenk 融洽 злагода, згода مطابقت، اتفاق sự hoà hợp 融洽
harˈmonic (-ˈmo-) adjective
of, or concerned with, especially musical harmony. welluidend, harmonies تَوافُقي النَّغَم ، مُؤْتَلِف хармоничен harmônico harmonický harmonisch harmonisk αρμονικός armónico harmooniline داراي آهنگ يكنواخت harmoninen harmonique מִתמַזֵג יָפֶה अनुकूल, सुसंगत harmonican, skladan harmonikus mengenai harmoni samhljóms-, hljómrænn; samhljómandi, samstilltur armonico 和声の 화성(和聲)의 harmonijos, harmoningas harmonisks harmoni harmonisch harmonisk harmonijny, harmoniczny هماهنګه ساز، ساز، موافق harmónico armonic, bazat pe armonie гармонический harmonický harmoničen harmoničan harmonisk เสียงประสาน ahenkli 和聲的,和諧的 гармонійний; злагоджений موسیقیت سے متعلق hài hoà; hòa âm 和声的,和谐的
harˈmonious (-ˈməu-) adjective
1. pleasant-sounding. a harmonious melody. harmonies, welluidend مُنْسَجِم хармоничен harmonioso libozvučný wohlklingend harmonisk αρμονικός, ευχάριστος στo αφτί armonioso harmooniline خوش آهنگ harmoninen harmonieux מִתמַזֵג יָפֶה सुरीलापन harmonican kellemes hangzású harmonis hljómfagur, samstilltur armonioso 耳に快い 선율이 아름다운 darnus, harmoningas harmonisks yang harmoni harmonieus harmonisk, velklingende melodyjny, harmonijny همغاړى، سم ، وړ، برابر، مافق harmonioso armonios гармоничный ľubozvučný ubran harmoničan välljudande, melodisk ไพเราะ ahenkli 悅耳的 гармонійний خوش آواز du dương 悦耳的
2. pleasant to the eye. a harmonious colour scheme. harmonies مُتلائِم، مُمْتِع للعَيْن приятен harmonioso příjemný na pohled harmonisch harmonisk ευχάριστος στο μάτι armonioso harmooniline موزون sopusointuinen harmonieux מִשתַלֵב יָפֶה सुमेल ugodan oku harmonikus serasi samstilltur, samstæður armonioso 調和のとれた 잘 조화된 darnus, suderintas harmonisks yang harmoni harmonieus samstemt, smakfull harmonijny برابر harmonioso potrivit гармонирующий harmonizujúci harmoničen skladan harmonisk กลมกลืนกัน göze hoş görünen 悅目的 гармонічний خوش ترتیب hài hoà 悦目的
3. without disagreement or bad feeling. a harmonious relationship. eensgesind مُتوافِق، مُتلائِم، مُنْسَجِم задружен harmonioso žijící v souladu harmonisch harmonisk αρμονικός armonioso harmooniline سازگار tasapainoinen harmonieux ידידותי सद्भावपूर्ण skladan egyező, harmonikus rukun friðsamlegur, samlyndur armonioso 仲のよい 화목한 darnus saskanīgs; saticīgs harmoni harmonieus harmonisk, fredelig, vennskapelig zgodny سم وال harmonioso (în mod) armo­nios дружный harmonický složen skladan harmonisk, vänskaplig สามัคคี uyumlu 和睦的 дружний, злагоджений مخالفت یا انکار سے آزاد hoà hợp 和睦的
harˈmoniously adverb
harmonies بانْسِجام، بِتَوافُق хармонично harmoniosamente libozvučně harmonisch harmoniskt αρμονικά armoniosamente harmooniliselt بطورموزون sopuisasti harmonieusement בְּהַרמוֹניָה सद्भावनापूर्वक skladno harmonikusan secara rukun friðsamlega, með samstilltum hætti armoniosamente 調和して 화목하게 darniai, harmoningai harmoniski; saskanīgi dengan berharmoni harmonieus harmonisk, samstemt zgodnie د برابری دوله harmoniosamente armonios гармонично ľubozvučne harmonično skladno harmoniskt อย่างเป็นอันหนึ่งอันเดียวกัน uymlu bir şekilde 和睦地 злагоджено خوش ترتیبی سے một cách hài hoà; hoà hợp 协调地,和谐地
harˈmoniousness noun
harmonie, welluidendheid, eensgesindheid إنْسِجام، تَوافُق хармоничност harmonia soulad die Harmonie harmoni αρμονικότητα armonía harmoonia خوش آهنگی sopuisuus harmonie הרמוניה सद्भावना skladnost, harmonicnost harmónia kerukunan samlyndi armonia 調和して 화목함 darnumas, harmoningumas harmoniskums; saskanīgums keharmonian harmonieusiteit samstemthet, vennskapelighet zgodność خوش غاړی harmonia armonie гармоничность súlad harmoničnost skladnost harmoni, vänskaplighet ความเป็นอันหนึ่งอันเดียวกัน uyumluluk 賞心悅目,和睦 гармонійність خوش ترتیبی tính hài hoà; hoà hợp 调和,和谐,协调
ˈharmonize, ˈharmonise verb
1. to sing or play musical instruments in harmony. harmonieer يُغَنّي أو يَعْزِف بانْسِجام وتوافُق хармонизирам tocar em harmonia zpívat, hrát libozvučně in Einklang bringen synge i harmoni; spille i harmoni εναρμονίζομαι armonizar harmooniliselt laulma või mängima هم آهنگ نواختن laulaa/soittaa harmoniassa chanter/jouer en harmonie לְהִשתַלֵב בהרמוניה संगत या समस्वर होना या करना harmonicno (višeglasno) pjevati i svirati összehangol memadukan vera samstilltur/samtaka cantare/suonare in modo armonioso 調和 화성으로 노래하다 darniai dainuoti/groti saskaņot; noskaņot berharmoni harmoniëren, in harmonie brengen, afstemmen harmonisere, bringe i harmoni harmonizować برابرول،سمول،همغاړىكو ل: سميدل ،برابريدل همغاړى كيدل tocar em harmonia a armoniza играть hrať/spievať ľubozvučne peti/igrati v harmoniji biti u skladu sjunga (spela) i harmoni ประสานเสียง ahenkle söylemek/çalmak 和聲演唱,和弦演奏 гармонізувати موسیقیت پیدا کرنا hoà âm 以和声唱歌或演奏
2. to add different parts to (a melody) to form harmonies. harmoniseer يُنَسِّق ، يخْلِقُ إنْسِجاما аранжирам harmonizar harmonizovat harmonisieren harmonisere εναρμονίζω armonizar harmoniseerima موزون كردن soinnuttaa harmoniser לְהִתמַזֵג יָפֶה संगत देना harmonizirati harmonizál memperpadukan raddsetja; samstilla armonizzare 和音をつける (단음의 멜로디 등에) 화음을 붙이다 harmonizuoti harmonizēt mengharmonikan harmoniëren, in harmonie brengen, afstemmen harmonisere zestrajać برابرول harmonizar a armoniza гармонизировать harmonizovať harmonizirati uskladiti sätta harmonier till ทํานองประสาน armonize etmek 加上不同樂音以形成和聲(弦) аранжувати موسیقی کے کئی اجزا کو ملا کر موسیقیت پیدا کرنا phối hoà âm 使(曲调)和谐
3. to (cause to) be in harmony or agreement. The colours in this room harmonize nicely. harmonieer يتناسَق، يَتَوافَق، يَتلائَم подхождам си harmonizar(-se) ladit harmonisieren harmonere; passe godt sammen εναρμονίζω, εναρμονίζομαι armonizar kokku sobi(ta)ma جور بودن sointua harmoniser לְהַתאִים זֶה לְזֶה सामंजस्य स्थापित करना uskladiti, slagati se harmonizál, összhangban van serasi samræma(st) armonizzarsi 調和する 조화시키다 derėti, derinti harmonēt; saskanēt berharmoni harmoniëren, in harmonie brengen, afstemmen avstemme, harmonere med harmonizować, pasować do siebie برابريدل harmonizar a (se) potrivi гармонировать ladiť skladati (se) uskladiti harmoniera, [få att] passa ihop เข้ากันได้ uymak (使)調合 узгоджувати متوازن ہونا یا کرنا hài hoà 使协调
harmoniˈzation, harmoniˈsation noun
harmonisering خَلْق إنْسِجام ، مُلائَمَه، تَنْسيق хармонизиране harmonização harmonizace der Einklang harmonisering εναρμόνιση armonización harmoneerumine هماهنگ سازی soinnutus harmonisation הִתמַזגוּת בְּהַרמוֹניָה सामंजस्यकरण harmonizacija, uskladenost összhangba hozás perpaduan samstilling; raddsetning, útsetning armonizzazione 調和化 조화 harmonizacija harmonizēšana; harmonizācija pengharmonian harmonisatie harmoni, samklang harmonizacja همغاړى كيدل harmonização ar­mo­nizare; potrivire гармонизация harmonizácia harmonizacija harmonizacija harmonisering, harmoniering การกลมกลืน uyumlama 調合,相稱 досягнення гармонії خوش آہنگی sự làm hài hoà; sự phối hoà âm 协调
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har·mo·ny

n. armonía, reunión o comunicación agradable.
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