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"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": [
"singular"
],
"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"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mnogogolósije",
"sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "многоголо́сие"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "polifonija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "polifonía"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "polyfoni"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "polifoníja",
"sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "поліфоні́я"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bahatoholóssja",
"sense": "musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "багатоголо́сся"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "quality of a text of being able to be read in more than one way",
"word": "複調"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fùdiào",
"sense": "quality of a text of being able to be read in more than one way",
"word": "复调"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"polyphony"
],
"word": "polyphony"
}
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