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Word: Polyphony
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 19th century: from Greek poluphōnia, from polu- ‘many’ + phōnē ‘sound’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
pəˈlɪfəni
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
pɒˈlɪfəni
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the style of simultaneously combining a number of parts, each forming an individual melody and harmonizing with each other
Short Definition:style of simultaneously combining several parts, each forming individual melody
Examples:- his love affair with 16th-century English polyphony
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