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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pol•y•phon•ic (pol′ē fon′ik),USA pronunciation adj. - Music and Danceconsisting of many voices or sounds.
- Music and Dance
- having two or more voices or parts, each with an independent melody, but all harmonizing;
contrapuntal (opposed to homophonic). - pertaining to music of this kind.
- capable of producing more than one tone at a time, as an organ or a harp.
- Phoneticshaving more than one phonetic value, as the letter s, that is voiced (z) in nose and unvoiced (s) in salt.
pol′y•phon′i•cal•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: polyphonic /ˌpɒlɪˈfɒnɪk/ adj - composed of relatively independent melodic lines or parts; contrapuntal
- many-voiced
- of, relating to, or denoting a polyphone
ˌpolyˈphonically adv WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024po•lyph•o•ny /pəˈlɪfəni/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Music and Dancea musical style in which two or more independent and harmonious melodic lines are heard at the same time.
pol•y•phon•ic /ˌpɑliˈfɑnɪk/USA pronunciation adj. pol•y•phon•i•cal•ly, adv. See -phon-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024po•lyph•o•ny (pə lif′ə nē),USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dancepolyphonic composition;
counterpoint. - Phoneticsrepresentation of different sounds by the same letter or symbol.
- Greek polyphōnía variety of tones. See poly-, -phony
- 1820–30
po•lyph′o•nous, adj. po•lyph′o•nous•ly, adv. |