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polyphonia

UK/ˌpɒlɪˈfəʊnɪə/US/ˌpɑlɪˈfoʊniə/

polyphonia noun: a kind of mouth organ or harmonica.

Noun

polyphonia (plural polyphonias)

  1. A kind of mouth organ or harmonica.
    • There were single bass and double bass harmonicas, pipe harmonicas, chord harmonicas, horn harmonicas, chromatics, tenors, tremolos, polyphonias.2013, Janet Anderson, Far Away Places, page 103

Forms of polyphonia

pluralpolyphonias

Origin of polyphonia

From Ancient Greek πολυφωνίᾱ (poluphōníā, “variety of tones”).

Words that rhyme with polyphonia

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Questions about polyphonia

What does polyphonia mean?
Polyphonia means a kind of mouth organ or harmonica.
What part of speech is polyphonia?
Polyphonia is a noun.
How do you pronounce polyphonia?
Polyphonia is pronounced /ˌpɑlɪˈfoʊniə/ (US).
What is the plural of polyphonia?
The plural of polyphonia is polyphonias.

Words near polyphonia in the dictionary

  1. polyphon
  2. polyphonal
  3. polyphone
  4. polyphonemic
  5. polyphones
  6. polyphonia
  7. polyphonias
  8. polyphonic
  9. polyphonical
  10. polyphonically
  11. polyphonies

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