symphony

Other forms of symphony

plural

symphonies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about symphony

What does symphony mean?

symphony means "a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in symphony?

symphony has 3 syllables: sym-pho-ny. The stress falls on "sym". In IPA it is /ˈsɪmfəni/.

What is another word for symphony?

Close synonyms include symphonic music, symphony orchestra, philharmonic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is symphony a common word?

symphony is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.