philharmonic

English

Etymology

From French philharmonique; from Italian filarmonico. By surface analysis, phil- +‎ harmonic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌfɪlhɑː(ɹ)ˈmɒnɪk/, /ˌfɪlhə(ɹ)ˈmɒnɪk/, /ˌfɪlə(ɹ)ˈmɒnɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌfɪlərˈmɑnɪk/, /fɪlˌ(h)ɑrˈmɑnɪk/ (US)
Hyphenation: phil‧har‧mon‧ic

Adjective

philharmonic (not comparable)

(music) Appreciative of music, but especially to its performance; devoted to music.
Synonym: musical

Derived terms

philharmonically

Translations

appreciative of the performance of music

Catalan: filharmònic
Finnish: filharmoninen
French: philharmonique (fr)
Georgian: ფილარმონიული (pilarmoniuli)
German: philharmonisch
Greek: φιλαρμονικός (filarmonikós)
Hungarian: filharmonikus (hu), zenekedvelő (hu), zenebarát (hu)
Italian: filarmonico
Portuguese: filarmónico (pt) (Portugal), filarmônico (pt) (Brazil)
Spanish: filarmónico (es)

Noun

philharmonic (plural philharmonics)

(music) A full-size symphony orchestra.
Synonyms: philharmonic orchestra, symphony orchestra

Translations

full-sized symphonic orchestra — see also symphony orchestra

Greek: φιλαρμονική (el) f (filarmonikí)

See also