adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to polyphony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a polyphonic ringtone
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
polyphonic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɒlɪˈfɒnɪk/
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CMU ARPABET: P AA2 L IH2 F AA1 N IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Having two or more independent but harmonic melodies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
Examples
- Near-synonym: contrapuntal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: contrapuntal
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Able to play more than one musical note at the same time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Capable of being read in more than one way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: contrapuntal
Antonyms: monophonic
adjective
Meaning 6
of or relating to or characterized by polyphony
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- polyphonic traditions of the baroque
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: polyphonous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 7
having two or more phonetic values
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- polyphonic letters such as `a'
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Originally from Ancient Greek πολύφωνος (polúphōnos) + -ic. In later use from poly- + -phonic.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: полифоничен (polifoničen) — of or relating to polyphony
- Bulgarian: многогласен (mnogoglasen) — of or relating to polyphony
- Catalan: polifònic — of or relating to polyphony
- Chinese Mandarin: 多声部 — of or relating to polyphony
- Dutch: polyfoon — of or relating to polyphony
- Finnish: moniääninen — of or relating to polyphony
- Finnish: polyfoninen — of or relating to polyphony
- French: polyphonique — of or relating to polyphony
- German: polyphon — of or relating to polyphony
- German: polyfon — of or relating to polyphony
- Italian: polifonico — of or relating to polyphony
- Polish: polifoniczny — of or relating to polyphony
- Portuguese: polifônico — of or relating to polyphony
- Russian: полифонический (polifoničeskij) — of or relating to polyphony
- Spanish: polifónico — of or relating to polyphony
- Turkish: polifonik — of or relating to polyphony
- Catalan: polifònic — having two or more melodies — see also contrapuntal
- Finnish: moniääninen — having two or more melodies — see also contrapuntal
- Finnish: polyfoninen — having two or more melodies — see also contrapuntal
- French: polyphonique — having two or more melodies — see also contrapuntal
- Greek: πολυφωνικός (polyfonikós) — having two or more melodies — see also contrapuntal
- Italian: polifonico — having two or more melodies — see also contrapuntal
- Polish: wielogłosowy — having two or more melodies — see also contrapuntal
- Polish: polifoniczny — having two or more melodies — see also contrapuntal
- Spanish: polifónico — having two or more melodies — see also contrapuntal
- Finnish: moniääninen — able to play more than one musical note at the same time
- Finnish: monimerkityksinen — capable of being read in more than one way
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