symphony

English

Etymology

From Middle English symphonye, from Old French simphonie, from Latin symphonia, from Ancient Greek συμφωνία (sumphōnía). Synchronically, sym- +‎ -phony. Doublet of sinfonia, symphonia, tsampouna, and zampogna.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɪm.fə.ni/, [ˈsɪɱ.fə.ni]
Audio (Berkshire, UK) (file)

Noun

symphony (countable and uncountable, plural symphonies)

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

Derived terms

symphonist

Translations

piece of orchestral music

Albanian: simfoni (sq) f
Arabic: سِيمْفُونِيَّة‎ f (sīmfūniyya), سِيمْفُونِي‎ m (sīmfūnī)
Armenian: սիմֆոնիա (hy) (simfonia), համանուագ (hamanuag) (Western Armenian)
Azerbaijani: simfoniya
Belarusian: сімфо́нія f (simfónija)
Bengali: সিম্ফনি (simphôni)
Bulgarian: симфо́ния f (simfónija)
Burmese: ဆင်ဖိုနီ (hcanghpuini)
Catalan: simfonia (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 交響曲, 交响曲 (gaau¹ hoeng² kuk¹)
Mandarin: 交響曲／交响曲 (zh) (jiāoxiǎngqǔ)
Min Nan: 交響曲 (zh-min-nan), 交响曲 (kau-hiáng-khek)
Czech: symfonie (cs) f
Danish: symfoni c
Dutch: symfonie (nl) f
Esperanto: simfonio
Estonian: sümfoonia
Finnish: sinfonia (fi)
French: symphonie (fr) f
Friulian: sinfonie f
Georgian: სიმფონია (simponia)
German: Sinfonie (de) f, Symphonie (de) f
Greek: συμφωνία (el) f (symfonía)
Hebrew: סִימפוֹנִיָה‎ (he) f (simfónya)
Hindi: सिंफ़नी f (sĩfanī), सिम्फ़नी f (simfanī), स्वर की समता m (svar kī samtā)
Hungarian: szimfónia (hu)
Icelandic: sinfónía f
Italian: sinfonia (it) f
Japanese: 交響曲 (ja) (こうきょうきょく, kōkyōkyoku)
Kazakh: симфония (simfoniä)
Khmer: ស៊ីមហ្វូនី (siimfounii)
Korean: 교향곡(交響曲) (ko) (gyohyanggok)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: senfonî (ku)
Kyrgyz: симфония (ky) (simfoniya)
Ladin: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: simfonija f, simfōnija f (obsolete spelling)
Lithuanian: simfonija f
Macedonian: симфонија f (simfonija)
Malay: simfoni
Maori: puoro tuatini
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: симфони (mn) (simfoni)
Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠮᠹᠣᠨᠢ (simfoni)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: symfoni m
Nynorsk: symfoni m
Pashto: سمفوني‎ f (samfoni), سيمفوني‎ f (simfoni)
Persian: سمفونی‎ (fa) (samfoni)
Piedmontese: sinfonìa f
Polish: symfonia (pl) f
Portuguese: sinfonia (pt) f
Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: simfonie (ro) f
Russian: симфо́ния (ru) f (simfónija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сѝмфо̄нија f
Roman: sìmfōnija (sh) f
Slovak: symfónia f
Slovene: simfonija f
Spanish: sinfonía (es) f
Swedish: symfoni (sv) c
Tajik: симфония (simfoniya)
Tatar: симфония (simfoniya)
Thai: ซิมโฟนี (sim-foo-nîi)
Turkish: senfoni (tr)
Turkmen: simfoniýa
Ukrainian: симфо́нія (uk) f (symfónija)
Urdu: ہَم نَوائی‎ (ham-navāī), سِمْفَنی‎ f (simfanī)
Uyghur: سىمفونىيە‎ (simfoniye)
Uzbek: simfoniya (uz)
Vietnamese: giao hưởng (vi) (交響)
Volapük: sümfon, kobolestukot, (children) cilasümfon
Welsh: symffoni f
Yiddish: סימפֿאָניע‎ f (simfonye)

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