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Definition of Polyphone
1. Noun. A letter that has two or more pronunciations. "`c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell'"
Generic synonyms: Alphabetic Character, Letter, Letter Of The Alphabet
Derivative terms: Polyphonic
Definition of Polyphone
1. n. A character or vocal sign representing more than one sound, as read, which is pronounced rēd or r&ebreve;d.
Definition of Polyphone
1. Noun. A letter, or combination of letters, that can be pronounced in two or more different ways ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polyphone
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyphone
Literary usage of Polyphone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems by Irwin Russell (1888)
"THE polyphone PROFESSOR JONES was very wise, And wore green goggles on his eyes,—
Or, 'twould be better, I suppose, To say he wore 'em on his nose,— And was ..."
2. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1859)
"Examine the scores of the best masters, from Haydn to Beethoven (excepting the
last work of the latter) ; seek out the artificially constructed polyphone ..."
3. Geschichte der Musik by August Wilhelm Ambros, Gustav Nottebohm, B. von Sokolowsky, Carl Ferdinand Becker, Heinrich Reimann, Otto Kade (1893)
"... des 95 polyphone, meist weltliche Compo- sitionen niederländischer Meister
enthaltenden Odhecaton, die polyphone Musik „so unentbehrlich Gott zu preisen ..."
4. The Musical World (1872)
"An exceedingly varied programme was put forward, in which a newly-invented
instrument, the polyphone, was to have taken a large share of the work. ..."
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