- Music. Of, relating to, or characterized by polyphony.
- Linguistics. Having two or more phonetic values.
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The ability to play back some number of musical notes simultaneously. For example, 16-voice polyphony means a total of 16 notes, or waveforms, can be played concurrently.
polyphonic
noun: polyphony.
The adjective has 3 meanings:
Meaning #1:
(linguistics) having two or more phonetic values
Pertains to noun: polyphone (meaning #1)
Meaning #2:
(music) "polyphonic traditions of the baroque"
Synonym: polyphonous
Pertains to noun: polyphony (meaning #1)
Meaning #3:
(music) having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together
Synonym: contrapuntal
Antonym: monophonic (meaning #2)
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - polyfonisk
Nederlands (Dutch)
veelstemmig, polyfoon
Français (French)
adj. - polyphonique
Deutsch (German)
adj. - vielstimmig, polyphon
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (μουσ.) πολυφωνικός
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - polifônico
Русский (Russian)
полифонический
Español (Spanish)
adj. - polifónico
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - polyfonisk, flerstämmig (mus.)
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
多音的, 对位法的, 有韵律变化的
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 多音的, 對位法的, 有韻律變化的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 다음의, 율격에 변화가 있는
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 多音の, 多声の, 対位法の
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) متعدد الأصوات, متفرع الأصوات, متعدد النغمات
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - רב-קולי, פוליפוני, מייצגת יותר מהגה אחד (אות)
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