symphony

English

Etymology

From Old French simphonie, from Latin symphonia, from Ancient Greek συμφωνία (sumphōnía). Synchronically, syn- +‎ -phony.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪm.fə.ni/, [ˈsɪɱ.fə.ni]

Noun

symphony (countable and uncountable, plural symphonies)

1. An extended piece of music of sophisticated structure, usually for orchestra.
2. (music) An instrumental introduction or termination to a vocal composition.
3. Harmony in music or colour, or a harmonious combination of elements.
4. (US, informal) A symphony orchestra.

Derived terms

• symphonist

Translations

piece of orchestral music

• Arabic: سِيمْفُونِيَّة f (sīmfūniyya)
• Belarusian: сімфо́нія f (simfónija)
• Bulgarian: симфо́ния f (simfónija)
• Catalan: simfonia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 交響曲／交响曲 (zh) (jiāoxiǎngqǔ), 交响曲 (zh) (jiāoxiǎngqǔ)

• Czech: symfonie (cs) f
• Danish: symfoni c
• Dutch: symfonie (nl) f
• Esperanto: simfonio
• Finnish: sinfonia (fi)
• French: symphonie (fr) f
• German: Sinfonie (de) f, Symphonie (de) f
• Greek: συμφωνία (el) f (symfonía)
• Hungarian: szimfónia (hu)
• Icelandic: sinfónía f
• Italian: sinfonia (it) f
• Japanese: 交響曲 (ja) (こうきょうきょく, kōkyōkyoku)
• Korean: 교향곡 (ko) (kyohyanggok) (交響曲 (ko))
• Latvian: simfonija f, simfōnija f (obsolete spelling)
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• Macedonian: симфонија f (simfonija)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: symfoni m

  Nynorsk: symfoni m

• Persian: سمفونی (fa) (semfuni, simfuni)
• Polish: symfonia (pl) f
• Portuguese: sinfonia (pt) f
• Russian: симфо́ния (ru) f (simfónija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: симфонија f

  Roman: simfonija (sh) f

• Slovak: symfónia f
• Slovene: simfonija f
• Spanish: sinfonía (es) f
• Swedish: symfoni (sv) c
• Thai: ซิมโฟนี (símfohnee)
• Ukrainian: симфо́нія (uk) f (symfónija)
• Vietnamese: giao hưởng (vi) (交響)
• Volapük: sümfon, (children) cilasümfon
• Welsh: symffoni f

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