Definition of homophonous in English:
homophonous
adjective həˈmɒf(ə)nəshəˈmäfənəs
1(of music) homophonic.
Example sentencesExamples
- Folk melodies are, without exception, homophonous.
- It is a style of traditional homophonous singing.
2(of a word or words) having the same pronunciation as another or others but different meaning, origin, or spelling.
Example sentencesExamples
- Consequently both are described as homophonous words.
- Chinese is by reputation much more homophonous than English.
Derivatives
noun həˈmɒf(ə)ni
Homophony is a ubiquitous phenomenon across languages.
Example sentencesExamples
- Being raised in a Lutheran tradition, my vocal writing is largely chorale style homophony contrasting with traditional contrapuntal textures.
- By setting one voice against three, Byrd masterfully harnesses the emphatic qualities of both polyphony and homophony: the text repetition of the former and the clarity and unity of the latter.
- Note that I'm not denying that languages can and do differ in their relative amounts of homophony, word-sense ambiguity and lexical category ambiguity.
- This piece juxtaposes the calm homophony of the choir with a more mobile organ part.