HETEROPHONY

Meaning of HETEROPHONY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhe-tə-ˈrä-fə-nē ]

noun

( plural -nies )

Etymology: Greek heterophōnia diversity of note, from heter- + -phōnia -phony

Date: 1919

: independent variation on a single melody by two or more voices

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

HETEROPHONY — noun (plural -nies) Etymology: Greek heterophōnia diversity of note, from heter- + -phōnia -phony Date: 1919 independent variation on a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HETEROPHONY — ˌhed.əˈräfənē noun ( -es ) Etymology: Greek heterophōnia diversity of note, from heter- + -phōnia -phony : a singing or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HETEROPHONY — (n.) An abnormal state of the voice.
Английский словарь Webster
HETEROPHONY — ( n. ) An abnormal state of the voice.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HETEROPHONY — — heterophonic /het'euhr euh fon"ik/ , adj. /het'euh rof"euh nee/ , n. Music. the simultaneous performance of the same melodic …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HETEROPHONY — noun an abnormal state of the voice.
Webster English vocab
HETEROPHONY — [het.er.oph.o.ny] n, pl -nies [Gk heterophonia diversity of note, fr. heter- + -phonia -phony] (1919): independent variation on a single …
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