The definition of a symphony is a lengthy piece of music, or harmony of sounds or colors.
(noun)See symphony in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun pl. symphonies
Origin: ME symfonye < OFr simphonie < L symphonia < Gr symphōnia < syn-, together + phōnē, a sound: see phono-
See symphony in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. sym·pho·nies
Origin:
Origin: Middle English symphonye, harmony
Origin: , from Old French symphonie
Origin: , from Latin symphōnia
Origin: , from Greek sumphōniā
Origin: , from sumphōnos, harmonious
Origin: : sun-, syn-
Origin: + phōnē, sound; see bhā-2 in Indo-European roots
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