"unison" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈjunɪsən/, /ˈjunɪzən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unison.wav Forms: unisons [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English unisoun, from Middle French unisson, from Medieval Latin ūnisonus (“having the same sound”), from ūni- + sonus (“sound”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unisoun}} Middle English unisoun, {{der|en|frm|unisson}} Middle French unisson, {{der|en|ML.|ūnisonus||having the same sound}} Medieval Latin ūnisonus (“having the same sound”), {{af|la|ūni-|sonus|nocat=1|t2=sound}} ūni- + sonus (“sound”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} 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). Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Acoustics, Music Translations (music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once): unisoon (Afrikaans), съзвучие (sǎzvučie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 同音 (tóngyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 齐唱 (qíchàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 齊唱 (Chinese Mandarin), 齐奏 (qízòu) (Chinese Mandarin), 齊奏 (Chinese Mandarin), unisson [masculine] (French), Unisono [neuter] (German), Einklang [masculine] (German), comh-airde [feminine] (Irish), aoncheol [masculine] (Irish), aontacht [feminine] (Irish), unisono [masculine] (Italian), unisono [neuter] (Polish), primă [feminine] (Romanian), unison [neuter] (Romanian), унисо́н (unisón) [masculine] (Russian), prima [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), samråd [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-unison-en-noun-JEDwJDPn Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once': 67 20 2 11
  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. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Acoustics, Music
    Sense id: en-unison-en-noun--JGmMK4B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 31 32 27 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. The state of being in harmony or agreement; harmonious agreement or togetherness, synchronisation. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time): съгласие (sǎglasie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), хармония (harmonija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 一致 (yīzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 和谐 (héxié) (Chinese Mandarin), 和諧 (Chinese Mandarin), Einklang [masculine] (German), Gleichklang [masculine] (German), Eintracht [feminine] (German), comhréir [feminine] (Irish), unisono [neuter] (Polish), согла́сие (soglásije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-unison-en-noun-brMg4J9e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 31 32 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 33 46 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 8 28 39 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 29 37 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 10 24 43 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 12 26 41 21 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 30 42 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 29 44 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 10 24 43 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 26 47 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 25 40 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 26 44 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 10 25 43 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 24 51 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 10 24 43 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 28 42 20 Disambiguation of 'the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time': 4 20 60 16
  4. (by extension) Two or more voices speaking or singing the same words together. Tags: broadly, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-unison-en-noun-5o~YbVOE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 31 32 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: in unison, augmented unison, perfect unison, unisonal, unisonance, unisonant, unisonous

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with Italian translations",
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        "(music, acoustics) Identical pitch between two notes or sounds; the simultaneous playing of notes of identical pitch (or separated by one or more octaves)."
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        "(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."
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        "The state of being in harmony or agreement; harmonious agreement or togetherness, synchronisation."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎglasie",
      "sense": "the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time",
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      "sense": "the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time",
      "word": "一致"
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      "roman": "héxié",
      "sense": "the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time",
      "word": "和谐"
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      "sense": "the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time",
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gleichklang"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Eintracht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "comhréir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "unisono"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soglásije",
      "sense": "the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "согла́сие"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once",
      "word": "unisoon"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎzvučie",
      "sense": "music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "съзвучие"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tóngyīn",
      "sense": "music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once",
      "word": "同音"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qíchàng",
      "sense": "music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once",
      "word": "齐唱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once",
      "word": "齊唱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qíchàng",
      "sense": "music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once",
      "word": "齐唱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qízòu",
      "sense": "music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once",
      "word": "齐奏"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once",
      "word": "齊奏"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qízòu",
      "sense": "music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once",
      "word": "齐奏"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "unisson"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Unisono"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Einklang"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "comh-airde"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aoncheol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aontacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "unisono"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "unisono"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "primă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "unison"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "unisón",
      "sense": "music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "унисо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prima"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "samråd"
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}

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