polyphonous

1. 1.

   of or relating to or characterized by polyphony

   “polyphonic traditions of the baroque”

   Synonymspolyphonic

   music

Questions about polyphonous

What does polyphonous mean?

polyphonous means "of or relating to or characterized by polyphony".

How many syllables are in polyphonous?

polyphonous has 4 syllables: po-ly-pho-nous. The stress falls on "ly".

What is another word for polyphonous?

Close synonyms include polyphonic. 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.

Is polyphonous a common word?

polyphonous 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.