English → Latin
“harmony” in Latin
harmoniaharmony, concordance of sounds; music, singing, song; peace, concordconcentussinging, a blending of voices in harmony; a choir; a concordant acclamation of the peoplecōnsentiōto agree, accord, harmonize; to unite upon; to plot or conspireconcorsagreeing, of one mind, concordant; like-minded; peaceful, harmoniousūnănĭmĭtasunanimityconcinōto sing, chant etc. together; to agree or harmonize
The English word harmony itself goes back to Latin harmonia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
harmony
PROPR., harmonia (ἁρμονία), or, pure Latin, concentus, consensus; sonorum concentus, or concentus concors et congruens; vocum concordia (in singing).
IMPROPR., concordia: consensus: conspiratio et consensus (agreement in manner of thinking, etc.): unanimitas (e.g., unanimitas fraterna, Liv.; opposed to discordia fraterna). To be in harmony, concinere; concordare; consentire (inter se); consentire atque concinere; conspirare; with anything, convenire alicui rei (e.g., sententiae): to restore the harmony that had been interrupted, aliquos rursus in pristinam concordiam reducere. For other phrases, Vid: CONCORD.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for harmony?
- The usual Latin words for “harmony” are harmonia, concentus, cōnsentiō; also concors, ūnănĭmĭtas, concinō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.