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English

Etymology

From Middle English unisoun, from Middle French unisson, from Medieval Latin ?nisonus (“having the same sound”), from ?ni- +? sonus (“sound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?jun?s?n/, /?jun?z?n/

Noun

unison (usually uncountable, plural unisons)

1. (music, acoustics) Identical pitch between two notes or sounds; the simultaneous playing of notes of identical pitch (or separated by one or more octaves). [from 15th c.]

2. (music, acoustics) A sound or note having the same pitch as another, especially when used as the base note for an interval; a unison string. [from 15th c.]
   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. III, ch. 88:

     I could not behold him without emotion; when he accosted me, his well-known voice made my heart vibrate, like a musical chord, when its unison is struck.

3. The state of being in harmony or agreement; harmonious agreement or togetherness, synchronisation. [from 17th c.]

Abbreviations

• (in music): P1

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• unison on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Unions, nonius, unions

Romanian

Etymology

From French unisson, from Latin unisonus.

Noun

unison n (uncountable)

1. unison

Declension

Swedish

Adjective

unison (not comparable)

1. in unison (of song)

   unison sång

   sing-along

Declension

Anagrams

• unions

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??ts/
• Rhymes: -??ts

Noun

parts

1. plural of part

Noun

parts pl (plural only)

1. Intellectual ability or learning.

   He was a man of great parts but little virtue.

2. (usually with “these”, colloquial) Vicinity, region.
   • 1854, Lord Cockburn, Memoir of Thomas Thomson, Scotland Bannatyne Club, page 241:

     We intend being at Leamington before long, unless some change in the weather should make our stay in these parts more tolerable.

3. (euphemistic) The genitals, short for private parts.

Verb

parts

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of part

Anagrams

• S trap, TRAPS, prats, rapts, sprat, strap, tarps, traps

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pars/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?pa?ts/

Etymology 1

Noun

parts

1. plural of part

Etymology 2

Noun

parts

1. plural of part

Etymology 3

Adjective

parts

1. masculine plural of part

Noun

parts

1. masculine plural of part

French

Noun

parts f

1. plural of part

Icelandic

Noun

parts

1. indefinite genitive singular of partur

Swedish

Noun

parts

1. indefinite genitive singular of part

Anagrams

• spart