polyphony

English

Etymology

From poly- +‎ -phony.

Noun

polyphony (countable and uncountable, plural polyphonies)

1. (music) 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).

Derived terms

• polyphonic

Translations

musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices

• French: polyphonie (fr) f
• German: Mehrstimmigkeit f
• Greek: πολυφωνία (el) f (polyfonía)
• Icelandic: fjölröddun f, pólýfónía f

• Romanian: polifonie (ro) f
• Russian: полифони́я (ru) f (polifoníja), многоголо́сие (ru) n (mnogogolósije)
• Slovene: polifonija f
• Spanish: polifonía f

See also

• organum
• heterophony