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concert
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French concert, from Italian concerto. Doublet of concerto.
Pronunciation
- (verb)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k?n?s??t/
- (US) enPR: k?nsûrt?, IPA(key): /k?n?s?t/
- (noun)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?ns?t/
- (US) enPR: kän?s?rt, IPA(key): /?k?ns?t/
- Rhymes: -??(r)t
Verb
concert (third-person singular simple present concerts, present participle concerting, simple past and past participle concerted)
- To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.
- It was concerted to begin the siege in March.
- To plan; to devise; to arrange.
- 1756, Edmund Burke, A Vindication of Natural Society
- A commander had more trouble to concert his defence before the people than to plan […] the campaign.
- 1756, Edmund Burke, A Vindication of Natural Society
- To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans.
- The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert the matter with Talbot.
Translations
Noun
concert (countable and uncountable, plural concerts)
- (uncountable) Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action.
- (uncountable) Musical accordance or harmony; concord.
- (countable) A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part.
- I'm going to the rock concert on Friday.
- Synonym: gig
Derived terms
- concertmaster
- in concert
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ????? (kons?to)
- ? Korean: ??? (konseoteu)
- ? Thai: ????????? (k??n-s???t)
Translations
Further reading
- Concert in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Catalan
Noun
concert m (plural concerts)
- concert (musical entertainment)
Derived terms
- concertista
Related terms
- concertar
Further reading
- “concert” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “concert” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “concert” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “concert” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French concert, from Italian concerto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?s?rt/
- Hyphenation: con?cert
- Rhymes: -?rt
Noun
concert n (plural concerten, diminutive concertje n)
- concert (musical entertainment)
Derived terms
- concertgebouw
- concertmeester
- concertzaal
Descendants
- Afrikaans: konsert
- ? Indonesian: konser
- ? West Frisian: konsert
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian concerto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.s??/
Noun
concert m (plural concerts)
- concert (musical entertainment)
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Dutch: concert
- ? Turkish: konser
Further reading
- “concert” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- concret
Romanian
Etymology
From French concert
Noun
concert n (plural concerte)
- concert
Declension
concert From the web:
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- what concert pitch is trombone
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- what concerts are in las vegas
symphony
English
Etymology
From Middle English symphonye, from Old French simphonie, from Latin symphonia, from Ancient Greek ???????? (sumph?nía). Synchronically, syn- +? -phony. Doublet of sinfonia, symphonia, tsampouna, and zampogna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?m.f?.ni/, [?s??.f?.ni]
- IPA(key): /?s?m.pf?.ni/, [?s?m.pf?.ni]
Noun
symphony (countable and uncountable, plural symphonies)
- An extended piece of music of sophisticated structure, usually for orchestra.
- (music) An instrumental introduction or termination to a vocal composition.
- Harmony in music or colour, or a harmonious combination of elements.
- (US, informal) A symphony orchestra.
Derived terms
- symphonist
Translations
Anagrams
- hyponyms, physnomy
symphony From the web:
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- what symphony is moonlight sonata
- what symphony means
- what symphony should i listen to
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