symphonye

Middle English

Alternative forms

• simphonie, symphonie, simphonia, synphonie, synphonye, symphanye, cymphanie, sinfanye

Etymology

From Old French simphonie, sinfonie, from Latin symphōnia (“harmony; musical instrument”).

Noun

symphonye (plural symphonyes)

1. A device used to produce music, especially a string instrument.
2. Pleasing agreement of sounds; harmony.

Synonyms

• (musical instrument): instrument; organe; organum; simphane

Descendants

• English: symphony
  • → Burmese: ဆင်ဖိုနီ (hcanghpuini)
  • → Japanese: シンフォニー (shinfonī)
  • → Khmer: ស៊ីមហ្វូនី (siimfounii)
  • → Malay: simfoni
  • → Thai: ซิมโฟนี (sim-foo-nîi)

References

• “simphōnīe (e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.