Dictionary

symphony en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɪm.fə.ni/
• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈsɪɱ.fə.nɪi̯]

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-) Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek σῠ́μφωνος (sŭ́mphōnos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) ▲ Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-) ▲ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) ▲ Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā) Ancient Greek -φωνίᾱ (-phōníā) Ancient Greek σῠμφωνῐ́ᾱ (sŭmphōnĭ́ā)der. Latin symphōniader. Old French simphonieder. Middle English symphonye English symphony From Middle English symphonye, from Old French simphonie, from Latin symphonia, from Ancient Greek συμφωνία (sumphōnía). By surface analysis, sym- + -phony. Doublet of sinfonia, symphonia, tsampouna, and zampogna.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An extended piece of music of sophisticated structure, usually for orchestra.
   • The orchestra performed Beethoven’s Fifth symphony.
   • full symphony orchestra
   • compose a symphony
   • classical symphony
2. (countable, uncountable) An instrumental introduction or termination to a vocal composition.
3. (countable, uncountable) Harmony in music or colour, or a harmonious combination of elements.
   • She described the city at night as a symphony of lights and sounds.
4. (US, countable, informal, uncountable) A symphony orchestra.

Forms

Deriveds

symphonygoer · minisymphony · symphonism · symphonist · presymphony · city symphony · symphonette · symphonic · pocket symphony

Descendants

symffoni · ស៊ីមហ្វូនី · ซิมโฟนี · ဆင်ဖိုနီ · シンフォニー · ਸਿੰਫਨੀ · simfoni

Translations (83)

mn ᠰᠢᠮᠹᠣᠨᠢ (piece of orchestral music) · hy սիմֆոնիա (piece of orchestral music) · el συμφωνία (piece of orchestral music) · uz simfoniya (piece of orchestral music) · vo kobolestukot (piece of orchestral music) · km ស៊ីមហ្វូនី (piece of orchestral music) · bg симфо́ния (piece of orchestral music) · hu szimfónia (piece of orchestral music) · de Sinfonie (piece of orchestral music) · et sümfoonia (piece of orchestral music) · ur ہَم نَوائی (piece of orchestral music) · gur simfonia (piece of orchestral music) · sv symfoni (piece of orchestral music) · ka სიმფონია (piece of orchestral music) · hi सिम्फ़नी (piece of orchestral music) · cy symffoni (piece of orchestral music) · ps سيمفوني (piece of orchestral music) · sq simfoni (piece of orchestral music) · nl symfonie (piece of orchestral music) · pl symfonia (piece of orchestral music) · is sinfónía (piece of orchestral music) · ar سِيمْفُونِي (piece of orchestral music) · uk симфо́нія (piece of orchestral music) · nb symfoni (piece of orchestral music) · lt simfonija (piece of orchestral music) · mn симфони (piece of orchestral music) · ar سِيمْفُونِيَّة (piece of orchestral music) · hy համանուագ (piece of orchestral music) · ko 심포니 (piece of orchestral music) · cs symfonie (piece of orchestral music) · es sinfonía (piece of orchestral music) · be сімфо́нія (piece of orchestral music) · ps سمفوني (piece of orchestral music) · cmn 交響曲 /交响曲 (piece of orchestral music) · mi puoro tuatini (piece of orchestral music) · ug سىمفونىيە (piece of orchestral music) · fa سمفونی (piece of orchestral music) · my ဆင်ဖိုနီ (piece of orchestral music) · vo cilasümfon (piece of orchestral music) · fur sinfonie (piece of orchestral music) · ru симфо́ния (piece of orchestral music) · lv simfonija (piece of orchestral music) · sh сѝмфо̄нија (piece of orchestral music) · pt sinfonia (piece of orchestral music) · ms simfoni (piece of orchestral music) · sl simfonija (piece of orchestral music) · sh sìmfōnija (piece of orchestral music) · hi स्वर की समता (piece of orchestral music) · yue 交響曲 /交响曲 (piece of orchestral music) · kk симфония (piece of orchestral music) · hi सिंफ़नी (piece of orchestral music) · tr senfoni (piece of orchestral music) · he סִימפוֹנִיָה (piece of orchestral music) · bn সিম্ফনি (piece of orchestral music) · nan-hbl 交響曲 /交响曲 (piece of orchestral music) · ur سِمْفَنی (piece of orchestral music) · pa ਸਿੰਫਨੀ (piece of orchestral music) · vi giao hưởng (piece of orchestral music) · th ซิมโฟนี (piece of orchestral music) · ja 交響曲 (piece of orchestral music) · fi sinfonia (piece of orchestral music) · fr symphonie (piece of orchestral music) · ro simfonie (piece of orchestral music) · az simfoniya (piece of orchestral music) · ga siansa (piece of orchestral music) · it sinfonia (piece of orchestral music) · vo sümfon (piece of orchestral music) · ky симфония (piece of orchestral music) · de Symphonie (piece of orchestral music) · lv simfōnija (piece of orchestral music) · da symfoni (piece of orchestral music) · eo simfonio (piece of orchestral music) · tk simfoniýa (piece of orchestral music) · sk symfónia (piece of orchestral music) · mk симфонија (piece of orchestral music) · tt симфония (piece of orchestral music) · yi סימפֿאָניע (piece of orchestral music) · ko 교향곡 (piece of orchestral music) · tg симфония (piece of orchestral music) · kmr senfonî (piece of orchestral music) · nn symfoni (piece of orchestral music) · ca simfonia (piece of orchestral music) · pms sinfonìa (piece of orchestral music)