symphonious
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to simultaneous sounds that are harmonious together.
Example Sentences
- "The symphonious sound of fifty skilled musicians filled the concert hall."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-)der. English sym- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. French télé- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. French -phone French téléphonebor. English telephoneclip. English phone English -ious English symphonious From sym- (“together”) + phone (“sound”) + -ious.
Inflected Forms
more symphonious (comparative)
most symphonious (superlative)