Translation
harmony
Word origin
From Greek harmonia ('a joining, agreement'), which reached Esperanto through the international musical vocabulary. The musical sense and the social one travelled together, and Esperanto keeps both.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- harmonia
- English cognates
- harmony, harmonic, harmonica
Examples
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The two voices sang in perfect harmony.
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We are looking for harmony between people.
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Harmony in the family is more important than money.
Useful in two registers at once. In music is the chord under the tune; in a committee room it is the thing everyone claims to want. The adjective is harmonia, and a language movement founded on getting along uses both words rather more than you might expect.
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