UNISON

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• /ˈjunɪsən/
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• /ˈjunɪzən/
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• homophone: unison
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• homophone: Unison
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• homophone: UNISON
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• CMU ARPABET: Y UW1 N AH0 S AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: Y UW1 N IH0 S AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Since 1993. Created as a play on unison, as the united workers act in unison.

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

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: съгласие (sǎglasie) — the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time
• Bulgarian: хармония (harmonija) — the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time
• Chinese Mandarin: 一致 (yīzhì) — the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time
• Chinese Mandarin: 和諧 /和谐 (héxié) — the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time
• German: Einklang — the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time
• German: Gleichklang — the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time
• German: Eintracht — the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time
• Irish: comhréir — the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time
• Japanese: 和同 (wadō) — the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time
• Japanese: 一致 (itchi) — the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time
• Polish: unisono — the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time
• Russian: согла́сие (soglásije) — the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time
• Spanish: unísono — the state of being together, in harmony, at the same time
• Afrikaans: unisoon — music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once
• Bulgarian: съзвучие (sǎzvučie) — music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once
• Chinese Mandarin: 同音 (tóngyīn) — music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once
• Chinese Mandarin: 齊唱 /齐唱 (qíchàng) — music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once
• Chinese Mandarin: 齊奏 /齐奏 (qízòu) — music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once
• French: unisson — music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once
• German: Unisono — music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once
• German: Einklang — music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once
• Irish: comh-airde — music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once
• Irish: aoncheol — music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once
• Irish: aontacht — music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once
• Italian: unisono — music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once
• Japanese: 同音 (dōon) — music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once
• Japanese: ユニゾン (yunizon) — music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once
• Japanese: 斉唱 (seishō) — music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once
• Japanese: 斉奏 (seisō) — music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once
• Polish: unisono — music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once
• Romanian: primă — music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once
• Romanian: unison — music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once
• Russian: унисо́н (unisón) — music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once
• Serbo-Croatian: prima — music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once
• Swedish: samråd — music: the simultaneous playing of an identical note more than once