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单词 polyphone
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polyphonen.

Brit. /ˈpɒlɪfəʊn/, U.S. /ˈpɑliˌfoʊn/, /ˈpɑləˌfoʊn/
Forms: 1600s poliphon, 1600s poliphone, 1600s–1700s 1900s– polyphon, 1600s– polyphone.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Partly formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Greek πολύϕωνος ; poly- comb. form, -phone comb. form.
Etymology: Originally < ancient Greek πολύϕωνος having many tones (see polyphonous adj.); in later use < poly- comb. form + -phone comb. form. Compare slightly earlier polyphonian adj.
1. A musical instrument having a large number of wire strings and resembling a lute. Cf. poliphant n. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > guitar or lute type > [noun] > lute > types of lute
tamboura1585
orpharion1593
theorbo1605
stumpa1623
polyphone1655
polythore1661
poliphant1664
dyphone1676
archlute1728
oud1738
chitarrone1740
pandoura1797
pipa1838
yüeh ch'in1839
tamboura1864
saz1870
laud1876
opheriona1922
tiorba1940
plectrum lute1970
1655 F. Prujeane in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 5 The polyphon is an instrument of so different a stringing and tuning that its impossible to play what is sett to it on any other hand instrument.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1661 (1955) III. 294 He plaied to me likewise on the Polyphone, an Instrument having something of the Harp, Lute, Theorb &c.
1702 J. Kersey New Eng. Dict. A Polyphon, a musical Instrument, that has many things [(ed. 2) Strings] and a great variety of sounds.
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Polyphon..a musical instrument with many strings.
2. An instrument that amplifies or multiplies a sound. Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > thing heard > [noun] > sound > specific sound-producing instruments
polyphone1684
talking machine1844
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > other musical instruments > [noun] > others
coriunc1275
symphonyc1290
symphan1303
minstrelsyc1390
bougounc1400
clokarde?c1475
dulsacordisa1525
symphioun1578
sumphion?1590
clasher1621
orphion1658
polyphone1684
roundball1688
phonomime1834
orchestrion1838
sabbeka1844
bullroarer1848
creaker1855
melodikon1857
symphonia1864
organophone1880
magnetophone1883
Kaffir piano1897
jazzophone1926
mouth bow1932
wobbleboard1960
singing bowl1980
1684 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 14 483 By a Polyphone or Polyacoustick well ordered one sound may be heard as many.
?1735 R. Nab Addr. Batchelors Great Brit. 44 By a proper Polyphone, the Ladies have there contrived, one sound may be heard as many.
1796 J. Guy Misc. Select. II. v. 160 A microphone or magnifying ear-instrument; polyphone or multiplying ear-instrument.
3. Phonetics. A written character having more than one phonetic value; a letter or other symbol which stands for different sounds.
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society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > letter > representing more than one sound
polyphone1872
1872 A. H. Sayce Assyrian Gram. Pref. 7 Polyphones—that is, characters with more than one value..actually exist in Japanese for the same reason that they existed in Assyrian.
1896 W. St. C. Boscawen Bible & Monuments i. 18 Its elaborate syllabary, the use of polyphones..all tend to show clearly that this writing was not the invention of the Semites.
1937 Antiquity 11 273 Many of the Sumerian word~signs were polyphons.
1995 Kansas City (Missouri) Star (Nexis) 3 Dec. The arcane world of cryptology, with its homophones, polyphones, digraphs, bigraphs and nulls.
4. = polyphony n. 1a. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [noun] > counterpoint
counterpoint1597
contrapunct1694
polyphony1790
polyphonism1864
triple counterpoint1869
polyphone1875
1875 S. Lanier Symphony 106 Nature, singing sweet and lone, Breathes through life's strident polyphone The flute-voice in the world of tone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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