harmonica
noun/hɑːˈmɒnɪkə/
/hɑːrˈmɑːnɪkə/
(British English or North American English, old-fashioned mouth organ)
- a small musical instrument that you hold against your lips and play by blowing or taking air in through itTopics Musicc2Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Latin, feminine singular or neuter plural of harmonicus ‘musical’ from Greek harmonikos, from harmonia ‘joining, concord’, from harmos ‘joint’.
Definitions on the go
Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
Check pronunciation:
harmonica