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Meaning of Polyphony | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
pəˈlɪfəni

Definitions

  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).
    countable, uncountable
  2. The quality of a text of being able to be read in more than one way.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية التأليفة الموسيقية
Azərbaycanca çoxsəslilik
Català polifonia
Deutsch Mehrstimmigkeit Polyphonie
Ελληνικά πολυφωνία
Español polifonía
Suomi moniäänisyys polyfonia
Français polyphonie
Íslenska fjölröddun
Italiano polifonia
日本語 ポリフォニー
ქართული პოლიფონია
한국어 다성음악
Nederlands polyfonie
Polski polifonia
Português polifonia
Română polifonie
Русский многоголосие полифония
Shqip gjëmë lashtërishte pleqërishte vajtim
Українська багатоголосся поліфоні́я

Examples

“the polyphony of a biblical passage”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

polyphore polyphosphatase Polyphosphate Polyphosphates polyphosphazene polyphosphoester

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