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symphonic

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Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.?
Proto-Hellenic *ksún
Ancient Greek σύν (sún)
Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-)
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.
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)
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Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-)
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Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)
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Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā)
Ancient Greek -φωνίᾱ (-phōníā)
Ancient Greek σῠμφωνῐ́ᾱ (sŭmphōnĭ́ā)der.
Latin symphōniader.
Old French simphonieder.
Middle English symphonye
English symphony
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English symphonic

    From symphony + -ic.

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    symphonic (comparative more symphonic, superlative most symphonic)

    1. (music) Characteristic of a symphony.
      symphonic poem
      She enjoyed the rich symphonic sound of the concert.
      The band incorporated symphonic elements into their rock music.
      • 1902 [1898], [George] Bernard Shaw, The Perfect Wagnerite […] ‎[1], second edition, London: Grant Richards, page 123:
        Finally, Mozart's most dramatic finales and concerted numbers are more or less in sonata form, like symphonic movements, and must therefore be classed as musical prose.

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