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polyphone

  • \pɔ.li.fɔn\

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Emprunté au grec ancien πολύφωνος (polufônos), constitué des éléments:

πολύς (polus) « nombreux » et

φωνή (fônê) « son, bruit ».

adjective polyphones

  1. physical Se dit d’un écho qui répète les sons plusieurs fois.
  2. Qui a le caractère de la polyphonie. Signes assyriens polyphones.

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"polyphone." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/polyphone. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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polyphone. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/polyphone

Chicago

"polyphone." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/polyphone.

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@misc{polyphone_2026,
  title = {polyphone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/polyphone},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}