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Webster 1913 Edition
Harmonium
Har-mo′ni-um
(här-mō′nĭ-ŭm)
, Noun.
[NL. See
Harmony
. ] A musical instrument, resembling a small organ and especially designed for church music, in which the tones are produced by forcing air by means of a bellows so as to cause the vibration of free metallic reeds. It is now made with one or two keyboards, and has pedals and stops.
Definition 2024
harmóníum
harmóníum
Icelandic
harmóníum
Alternative forms
- harmoníum
Noun
harmóníum n (genitive singular harmóníums, nominative plural harmóníum)
- reed organ
Declension
The word may be declined according to the regular paradigm for strong neuter nouns:
declension of harmóníum
| n-s | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | harmóníum | harmóníumið | harmóníum | harmóníumin |
| accusative | harmóníum | harmóníumið | harmóníum | harmóníumin |
| dative | harmóníumi | harmóníuminu | harmóníumum | harmóníumunum |
| genitive | harmóníums | harmóníumsins | harmóníuma | harmóníumanna |
However, the dative and genitive plural forms are awkward in pronunciation, and seem to be generally avoided; those forms are not attested.
A dative singular harmóníum (or harmoníum) is attested, and also other variations, such as a Latinate plural harmónía, and forms that drop the -um upon the addition of native inflectional endings or the appended article (as is the norm in Danish): harmóníið, harmóníi, harmóníinu.