glass harmonica

English

Noun

glass harmonica (plural glass harmonicas)

(music) A musical instrument composed of a series of spinning glass bowls, played with the fingers, invented by Benjamin Franklin.
(loosely) The glass harp.

Synonyms

bowl organ
armonica
glass armonica
hydrocrystalophone
hydrodaktulopsychicharmonica
musical glasses

Derived terms

glass harmonicist

Translations

a musical instrument

Bulgarian: гласхармоника f (glasharmonika)
Danish: glasharmonika
Dutch: glasharmonica (nl) f
French: glassharmonica m
German: Glasharmonika (de) f
Hungarian: üvegharmonika (hu)
Italian: armonica a bicchieri f, glassarmonica f
Japanese: アルモニカ (arumonika)
Norwegian: glassharmonika
Polish: harmonika szklana f
Portuguese: harmónica de vidro f (Portugal), harmônica de vidro f (Brazil)
Russian: стекля́нная гармо́ника f (stekljánnaja garmónika)
Spanish: armónica de cristal f
Swedish: glasharmonika c

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