sinfonia
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English
Etymology
From Italian sinfonia. Doublet of symphonia, symphony, tsampouna, and zampogna.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊniə
Noun
sinfonia (plural sinfonias or sinfonie)
- A symphony.
- A piece or music serving as an overture, interlude or ritornello.
- A small symphony orchestra.
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
From Latin symphonia, from Ancient Greek συμφωνία (sumphōnía); the form of the word is possibly after Italian sinfonia.
Pronunciation
Noun
sinfonia
Declension
| Inflection of sinfonia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sinfonia | sinfoniat | |
| genitive | sinfonian | sinfonioiden sinfonioitten | |
| partitive | sinfoniaa | sinfonioita | |
| illative | sinfoniaan | sinfonioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sinfonia | sinfoniat | |
| accusative | nom. | sinfonia | sinfoniat |
| gen. | sinfonian | ||
| genitive | sinfonian | sinfonioiden sinfonioitten sinfoniain rare | |
| partitive | sinfoniaa | sinfonioita | |
| inessive | sinfoniassa | sinfonioissa | |
| elative | sinfoniasta | sinfonioista | |
| illative | sinfoniaan | sinfonioihin | |
| adessive | sinfonialla | sinfonioilla | |
| ablative | sinfonialta | sinfonioilta | |
| allative | sinfonialle | sinfonioille | |
| essive | sinfoniana | sinfonioina | |
| translative | sinfoniaksi | sinfonioiksi | |
| abessive | sinfoniatta | sinfonioitta | |
| instructive | — | sinfonioin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “sinfonia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin symphōnia, from Ancient Greek συμφωνία (sumphōnía). Doublet of zampogna.
Noun
sinfonia f (plural sinfonie)
Related terms
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin symphōnia, from Ancient Greek συμφωνία (sumphōnía). Doublet of sanfona.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sin‧fo‧ni‧a
Noun
sinfonia f (plural sinfonias)