polyphony
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polyphony
- /pəˈlɪfəni/ UK
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πολυφωνία (poluphōnía); equivalent to poly- + -phony.
noun polyphonies
- Musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).
- The quality of a text of being able to be read in more than one way. the polyphony of a biblical passage
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noun musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices
| Español | polifonía |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 다성음악 daseong'eumak |
| 日本語 | ポリフォニー |
| 中文 | 複音 /复音 fùyīn |
| Português | polifonia |
| Français | polyphonie |
| Deutsch | Mehrstimmigkeit, Polyphonie |
| Italiano | polifonia |
| Ελληνικά | πολυφωνία polyfonía |
| Română | polifonie |
| Русский | полифони́я polifoníja, многоголо́сие mnogogolósije |
| עברית | פוליפוניה |
noun quality of a text of being able to be read in more than one way
| 中文 | 複調 /复调 fùdiào |
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