polyphonic

Questions about polyphonic

What does polyphonic mean?

polyphonic means "having two or more phonetic values". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in polyphonic?

polyphonic has 4 syllables: po-lyp-ho-nic. The stress falls on "ho". In IPA it is /ˌpɑˌlɪˈfɑnɪk/.

What is another word for polyphonic?

Close synonyms include polyphonous, contrapuntal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of polyphonic?

The recorded antonyms are monophonic.

Is polyphonic a common word?

polyphonic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with polyphonic?

5 words rhyme with polyphonic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.