symphony

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A long piece of music in several parts, usually written for a full orchestra.

   We listened to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

2. 2
   noun

   A large orchestra that plays such music.

   She plays the violin in the city symphony.

3. 3
   noun

   A beautiful, harmonious combination of different things.

   The garden was a symphony of color in spring.

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.

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