How to pronounce harmonica
American English pronunciation
har-MON-ih-kuh
- IPA
- /hɑɹˈmɑnɪkə/
- Syllables
- har · MON · ih · kuh (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What harmonica means
A small instrument you blow into, sliding it along your lips
In a sentence: Grandpa played a cheerful tune on his harmonica by the campfire.
Where it comes from: It comes from armonica, the name Benjamin Franklin gave to a glass instrument he made, from the Latin word for harmonic. The small mouth instrument came decades later.
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