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Noun [English]

IPA: /pəˈlɪfəni/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-polyphony.oga Forms: polyphonies [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πολυφωνία (poluphōnía); equivalent to poly- + -phony. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|grc|πολυφωνία}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πολυφωνία (poluphōnía), {{con|en|poly|phony}} poly- + -phony Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} polyphony (countable and uncountable, plural polyphonies)
  1. (music) 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). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music Translations (musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices): gjâmë [feminine] (Albanian), gjëmë [feminine] (Albanian), vajtim [feminine] (Albanian), pleqërishte [feminine] (Albanian), lashtërishtë [feminine] (Albanian), պոլիֆոնիա (polifonia) (Armenian), поліфані́я (polifaníja) [feminine] (Belarusian), шматгало́ссе (šmathalóssje) [neuter] (Belarusian), мнагагало́ссе (mnahahalóssje) [neuter] (Belarusian), полифо́ния (polifónija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), многогла́сие (mnogoglásie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), polifonia [feminine] (Catalan), 複音 (Chinese Mandarin), 复音 (fùyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), polyfoni (Danish), polyfonie [feminine] (Dutch), moniäänisyys (Finnish), polyfonia (Finnish), polyphonie [feminine] (French), პოლიფონია (ṗoliponia) [singular] (Georgian), Mehrstimmigkeit [feminine] (German), Polyphonie [feminine] (German), πολυφωνία (polyfonía) [feminine] (Greek), פוליפוניה (Hebrew), fjölröddun [feminine] (Icelandic), pólýfónía [feminine] (Icelandic), polifonia [feminine] (Italian), ポリフォニー (Japanese), 다성음악 (daseong'eumak) (Korean), چندصدایی [singular] (Persian), polifonia [feminine] (Polish), polifonia [feminine] (Portuguese), polifonie [feminine] (Romanian), полифони́я (polifoníja) [feminine] (Russian), многоголо́сие (mnogogolósije) [neuter] (Russian), polifonija [feminine] (Slovene), polifonía [feminine] (Spanish), polyfoni [common-gender] (Swedish), поліфоні́я (polifoníja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), багатоголо́сся (bahatoholóssja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-polyphony-en-noun-gXbYSn~L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices': 80 20
  2. (literature) The quality of a text of being able to be read in more than one way. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Literature Translations (quality of a text of being able to be read in more than one way): 複調 (Chinese Mandarin), 复调 (fùdiào) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-polyphony-en-noun-uVnj0Kbf Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with poly-, English terms suffixed with -phony, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -phony: 42 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 33 67 Topics: literature, media, publishing Disambiguation of 'quality of a text of being able to be read in more than one way': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: polyphonal, polyphonic, organum, heterophony

Inflected forms

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      "code": "sq",
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      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
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      "word": "lashtërishtë"
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      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "word": "պոլիֆոնիա"
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      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
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      "word": "поліфані́я"
    },
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      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "polifónija",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "полифо́ния"
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      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "polifonia"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "word": "複音"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fùyīn",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "word": "复音"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "word": "polyfoni"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "polyfonie"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "word": "moniäänisyys"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "word": "polyfonia"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "polyphonie"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗoliponia",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "პოლიფონია"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Mehrstimmigkeit"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Polyphonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "polyfonía",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πολυφωνία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "word": "פוליפוניה"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fjölröddun"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pólýfónía"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polifonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "word": "ポリフォニー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "daseong'eumak",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "word": "다성음악"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "چندصدایی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polifonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polifonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polifonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "polifoníja",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полифони́я"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "mnogogolósije",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "многоголо́сие"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "polifonija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "polifonía"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "polyfoni"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "polifoníja",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "поліфоні́я"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bahatoholóssja",
      "sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "багатоголо́сся"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "quality of a text of being able to be read in more than one way",
      "word": "複調"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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