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English
Etymology
From sym- (“together”) + phone (“sound”) + -ious.
Adjective
symphonious (comparative more symphonious, superlative most symphonious)
- Of or pertaining to simultaneous sounds that are harmonious together.
The symphonious sound of fifty skilled musicians filled the concert hall.
1815 (date written), [Thomas Love Peacock], chapter XI, in Headlong Hall, London: for T Hookham, Jun. and Co. , published 1816, →OCLC, pages 146–147:Sleep during this interval was out of the question: […] the songs of Hoel and Cyveilioc, to ring to the profaner but more lively modulation of Voulez vous danser, Mademoiselle? [Do you want to dance, miss?] in conjunction with the symphonious scraping of fiddles, the tinkling of triangles, and the beating of tambourines.
Synonyms
Translations
of or pertaining to simultaneous sounds
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