sinfonia

See also: sinfonía and sinfónía

English

Etymology

From Italian sinfonia.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊniə

Noun

sinfonia (plural sinfonias or sinfonie)

1. A symphony.
2. A piece or music serving as an overture, interlude or ritornello.
3. A small symphony orchestra.

Anagrams

• sainfoin

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Finnish

Etymology

From Latin symphonia, from Ancient Greek συμφωνία (sumphōnía); the form of the word is possibly after Italian sinfonia.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sin‧fo‧ni‧a
• IPA^(key): [ˈsiɱfːo̞n̪iɑ]

Noun

sinfonia

1. symphony

Declension

Inflection of sinfonia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		sinfonia	sinfoniat
genitive		sinfonian	sinfonioiden sinfonioitten
partitive		sinfoniaa	sinfonioita
illative		sinfoniaan	sinfonioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		sinfonia	sinfoniat
accusative	nom.	sinfonia	sinfoniat
	gen.	sinfonian
genitive		sinfonian	sinfonioiden sinfonioitten sinfoniainrare
partitive		sinfoniaa	sinfonioita
inessive		sinfoniassa	sinfonioissa
elative		sinfoniasta	sinfonioista
illative		sinfoniaan	sinfonioihin
adessive		sinfonialla	sinfonioilla
ablative		sinfonialta	sinfonioilta
allative		sinfonialle	sinfonioille
essive		sinfoniana	sinfonioina
translative		sinfoniaksi	sinfonioiksi
instructive		—	sinfonioin
abessive		sinfoniatta	sinfonioitta
comitative		—	sinfonioineen

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin symphōnia, from Ancient Greek συμφωνία (sumphōnía). Compare the doublet zampogna.

Noun

sinfonia f (plural sinfonie)

1. (music) symphony

Related terms

• sinfonico

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin symphōnia, from Ancient Greek συμφωνία (sumphōnía). Compare sanfona.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sĩ.fu.ˈni.ɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sĩ.fo.ˈni.ɐ/
• Hyphenation: sin‧fo‧ni‧a

Noun

sinfonia f (plural sinfonias)

1. symphony