Polyphonic
/ˌpɒlɪˈfɒnɪk/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or relating to polyphony.
"a polyphonic ringtone"
- 2 Having two or more independent but harmonic melodies.
"Near-synonym: contrapuntal"
- 3 Able to play more than one musical note at the same time.
- 4 Capable of being read in more than one way.
Adjective
- 1 having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together wordnet
- 2 of or relating to or characterized by polyphony wordnet
- 3 having two or more phonetic values wordnet
Example
More examples"This music is highly polyphonic."
Etymology
Originally from Ancient Greek πολύφωνος (polúphōnos) + -ic. In later use from poly- + -phonic.