Meanings
nounsymphony orchestra (plural symphony orchestras)
plural symphony orchestras
- entertainmentA large orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music.
Synonyms: philharmonic
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music.
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Translations
Arabic أُورْكِسْتْرَا سِّمْفُونِي
- أُورْكِسْتْرَا سِّمْفُونِي (ʔūrkistrā simfūnī)large orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Bulgarian симфоничен оркестър
- симфоничен оркестър (simfoničen orkestăr)large orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Catalan filharmònic, orquestra simfònica
- filharmòniclarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
- orquestra simfònicalarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Chinese Mandarin 交響樂團 /交响乐团
- 交響樂團 /交响乐团 (jiāoxiǎngyuètuán)large orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Czech symfonický orchestr
- symfonický orchestrlarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Danish symfoniorkester
- symfoniorkesterlarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Dutch symfonieorkest
- symfonieorkestlarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Esperanto simfoniorkestro
- simfoniorkestrolarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Estonian sümfooniaorkester
- sümfooniaorkesterlarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Finnish sinfoniaorkesteri
- sinfoniaorkesterilarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
French philharmonique, orchestre symphonique
- philharmoniquelarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
- orchestre symphoniquelarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
German Philharmoniker, Philharmonie
- Philharmonikerlarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
- Philharmonielarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
- Sinfonieorchesterlarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Greek συμφωνική ορχήστρα
- συμφωνική ορχήστρα (symfonikí orchístra)large orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Hebrew תזמורת סימפונית
- תזמורת סימפונית (tizmorét simfónit)large orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Hungarian szimfonikus zenekar
- szimfonikus zenekarlarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Icelandic sinfóníuhljómsveit
- sinfóníuhljómsveitlarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Indonesian orkes simfoni
- orkes simfonilarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Irish ceolfhoireann shiansach
- ceolfhoireann shiansachlarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Italian orchestra sinfonica, filarmonica
- orchestra sinfonicalarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
- filarmonicalarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Japanese 交響楽団
- 交響楽団 (kōkyōgakudan)large orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Korean 심포니 오케스트라
- 심포니 오케스트라 (simponi okeseuteura)large orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Latvian simfoniskais orķestris
- simfoniskais orķestrislarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Lithuanian simfoninis orkestras
- simfoninis orkestraslarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Malay orkestra simfoni
- orkestra simfonilarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Māori rāngai puoro tuatini
- rāngai puoro tuatinilarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Norwegian Bokmål symfoniorkester
- symfoniorkesterlarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Persian ارکستر سمفونی
- ارکستر سمفونی (orkestr samfoni)large orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Polish orkiestra symfoniczna
- orkiestra symfonicznalarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Portuguese filarmônica, orquestra sinfônica
- filarmônicalarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
- orquestra sinfônicalarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
- orquestra sinfónicalarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Romanian orchestră simfonică
- orchestră simfonicălarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Russian симфони́ческий орке́стр
- симфони́ческий орке́стр (simfoníčeskij orkéstr)large orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Slovak symfonický orchester
- symfonický orchesterlarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Spanish orquesta sinfónica, filarmónica
- orquesta sinfónicalarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
- filarmónicalarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Swedish symfoniorkester
- symfoniorkesterlarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Thai ซิมโฟนีออร์เคสตร้า
- ซิมโฟนีออร์เคสตร้า (sim-foo-nii-ɔɔ-kêet-dtraa)large orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Turkish senfoni orkestrası
- senfoni orkestrasılarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Ukrainian симфоні́чний орке́стр
- симфоні́чний орке́стр (symfoníčnyj orkéstr)large orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
Vietnamese dàn nhạc giao hưởng
- dàn nhạc giao hưởnglarge orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music
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Chicago
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