polyphony

Meaning of polyphony

noun
  1. 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).
  2. The quality of a text of being capable of being read in more than one way.
    the polyphony of a biblical passage

Information about polyphony

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of polyphony is: polyphonies.
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Hyphenation of polyphony

polyphony

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 9 chars.
  • polyphony is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Translation of polyphony

Words that rhyme with polyphony

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