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harmonization

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An act of harmonizing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

singing in harmony

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: harmonisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: singing, vocalizing

3

noun

Meaning 3

a piece of harmonized music

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: harmonisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: harmony, musical harmony

Narrower terms: reharmonization, reharmonisation

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English harmonize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English harmonization From harmonize + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ներդաշնակացում (nerdašnakacʻum) — act of harmonizing
  • Dutch: harmonisatie — act of harmonizing
  • German: Harmonisierung — act of harmonizing
  • Greek: εναρμόνιση (enarmónisi) — act of harmonizing
  • Indonesian: harmonisasi — act of harmonizing
  • Irish: armónú — act of harmonizing
  • Northern Kurdish: ahengsazî — act of harmonizing
  • Russian: гармонизация (garmonizacija) — act of harmonizing
  • Swedish: harmonisering — act of harmonizing