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Definition: Symphonic |
SymphonicAdjective1. Relating to or characteristic or suggestive of a symphony; "symphonic choir". 2. Harmonious in sound; "the symphonic hum of a million insects". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "symphonic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1891. (references) |
Synonym: SymphonicSynonym: symphonious (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Symphonic |
| English words defined with "symphonic": Beethoven ♦ Ludwig van Beethoven ♦ Ottorino Respighi ♦ Respighi ♦ symphonious ♦ van Beethoven. (references) |
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![]() | Dean Dixon, young Negro conductor of symphonic orchestras in New York City, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right, holding baton. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Interlochen, Michigan. National music camp where 300 or more musicians study symphonic music for eight weeks each summer. Girls practicing on the harp. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Symphonic String Quartet, portrait photograph. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Sliding chord played as the last note by a symphonic orchestra. | |
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Minorities | Argentina | In April Alberto Merenson, a retired musician and former director of the Symphonic Orchestra of San Juan Province, was the victim of a letter bomb. (references) |
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| "Symphonic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Symphonic" is used about 89 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 89 | 34,931 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "symphonic": symphonic music ♦ symphonic poem. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "symphonic": double-symphonic, semi-symphonic. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "symphonic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | simfonik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | متناغم (agreeably, compatible, congruous, consistent, harmonious, in accord, in agreement, rhythmic), متآلف الأصوات, سمفوني. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | симфоничен (symphony). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 交"乐团 (symphonious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | symfonický. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | symfonisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | simfonia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | موزون (Level), هم نوا (Symphony, Unisonous(Onal-Onant), هم اهنگ (Consonant, Unisonous(Onal-Onant), شبیه سمفونی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | symphonique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | symphonisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συμφωνικόσ, αρμονικόσ (concordant, congruous, consonant, harmonic, harmonious, symphonious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "רמו י (harmonic), סימפו י. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szimfonikus, szimfónia-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sinfonico (symphony). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 交響詩 (symphonic poem), シンフェイン党 (banner, simple, simplicity, simplify, Sinn Fein, symbol, symbol color, symbolic, symbolic link, Symbolics, symbolism, symbolist, symbolize, symphonic jazz, symphonic poem, symphony). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "うきょうし (symphonic poem), シンフォニックポエ (symphonic poem), シンフォニックジャズ (symphonic jazz). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 교향악 (Symphonies, symphonious, symphony). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sheeansagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ymphonicsay symfoniczny. (various references) sinfônico. (various references) симфонический. (various references) simfonijski. (various references) sinfónico. (various references) symfonisk. (various references) senfonik. (various references) симфонічний. (various references) giao hưởng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "symphonic": symphonically. (additional references) | |
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"Symphonic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Sempronia, symbonic, symphone, symphonia, symphonie, symphonist. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "symphonic" (pronounced si'mfÄ"nik) |
| 5 | -f Ä" n i k | allophonic, monophonic, phonic, polyphonic, telephonic. |
| 4 | -Ä" n i k | avionic, bubonic, catatonic, chronic, conic, demonic, diatonic, electronic, embryonic, ganglionic, gnomonic, harmonic, hedonic, hegemonic, histrionic, hydroponic, hypersonic, hypertonic, ionic, ironic, isoelectronic, isotonic, laconic, leptonic, masonic, microelectronic, mnemonic, nucleonic, ovonic, pharaonic, philharmonic, planktonic, platonic, plutonic, pneumonic, sardonic, sonic, supersonic, synchronic, tectonic, tonic, ultrasonic. |
| 3 | -n i k | arsenic, beatnik, botanic, calisthenic, carcinogenic, clinic, cynic, Dominick, ethnic, eugenic, galvanic, germanic, hallucinogenic, inorganic, kibbutznik, manic, mechanic, messianic, monoclinic, multiethnic, neotenic, oceanic, organic, orogenic, panic, pathogenic, photogenic, polytechnic, psychogenic, pyrotechnic, refusenik, satanic, scenic, schizophrenic, splenic, Sputnik, technic, telegenic, Titanic, transgenic, transoceanic, tunic, tympanic, volcanic. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-h-i-m-n-o-p-s-y" | |
-1 letter: chymosin. | |
-2 letters: chopins, ciphony, miscopy, nymphos, phonics. | |
-3 letters: chimps, chinos, chomps, chopin, coyish, hominy, hypnic, monish, mopish, myopic, myosin, nympho, nymphs, phonic, physic, psycho, scyphi, simony, siphon, syncom, syphon. | |
-4 letters: chimp, chino, chins, chips, chomp, chops, cions, coins, comps, hymns, hypos, hyson, icons, mincy, noisy, nymph, ohmic, opsin, osmic, phons, phony, pinch, pions, pisco. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-h-i-m-n-o-p-s-y" | |
+3 letters: chymotrypsin, physiognomic, sycophantism. | |
+4 letters: amphictyonies, chymotrypsins, nymphomaniacs, psychodynamic, sycophantisms, symphonically. | |
+5 letters: comprehensibly, physiognomical, psychodynamics. | |
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