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noun
A musical texture in which two or more parts move together in harmony, the relationship between them creating chords; the quality of being homophonic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
The quality of being homophonous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences, semantics
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noun
part music with one dominant voice (in a homophonic style)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: part music
noun
the same pronunciation for words of different origins
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pronunciation
History
Internationalism, from French homophonie, from Ancient Greek ὁμοφωνία (homophōnía, “unison”), from ὁμόφωνος (homóphōnos, “of the same sound or tone”). By surface analysis, homo- + -phony.
Across languages
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
