How to pronounce symphony
American English pronunciation
SIM-fuh-nee
- IPA
- /ˈsɪmfəni/
- Syllables
- SIM · fuh · nee (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What symphony means
A long piece of music for a big orchestra
In a sentence: The orchestra played a whole symphony, and it lasted almost an hour.
Where it comes from: From a Greek word made of "syn-," meaning together, and a word part meaning "sound."
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