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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σῠ́μφωνος ( súmphōnos , “ agreeing in sound, harmonious ” ) + -ῐ́ᾱ ( -íā ) , from σῠν- ( sun- , “ with, together ” ) + φωνή ( phōnḗ , “ sound ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /sym.pʰɔː.ní.aː/ → /sym.ɸoˈni.a/ → /sim.foˈni.a/
Noun
σῠμφωνῐ́ᾱ • (sumphōníā ) f (genitive σῠμφωνῐ́ᾱς ) ; first declension
agreement in sound, symphony
( music ) accord , concord (e.g. octave )
numerous sounds played together, a concert of vocal or instrumental (or both) music
music
band , orchestra
type of musical instrument
harmony , agreement , accord
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
Greek: συμφωνία ( symfonía )
→ Aramaic: סוּמְפֹּנְיָה ( “ probably a kind of musical instrument ” )
→ English: symphonia
→ Latin: symphōnia f ( “ music, symphony ” ) (see there for further descendants )
→ Russian: симфо́ния f ( simfónija , “ symphony ” ) (see there for further descendants )
Further reading
“συμφωνία ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940 ) A Greek–English Lexicon , Oxford: Clarendon Press
συμφωνία in Bailly, Anatole (1935 ) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français , Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001 ) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature , Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
G4858 in Strong, James (1979 ) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910 ) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language , London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited . accord idem, page 6.agreement idem, page 20.compatibility idem, page 150.concert idem, page 155.concord idem, page 156.conformity idem, page 159.correspondence idem, page 176.harmony idem, page 386.symphony idem, page 850.unanimity idem, page 906.union idem, page 922.unity idem, page 923.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek συμφωνία ( sumphōnía ) . Doublet of τσαμπούνα ( tsampoúna ) .
Noun
συμφωνία • (symfonía ) f (plural συμφωνίες )
agreement , concurrence , accordance
consent
arrangement , pact
( music ) symphony
settlement
Declension
Antonyms
Related terms
see: συμφωνώ ( symfonó , “ to agree, to agree with ” )
See also