Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polychord

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-chord
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Two or more chords, each constructed in a different manner, one on top of the other; multiple chords.

noun

A musical instrument having ten strings.

noun

A device, attached to a keyboard, for coupling two octave notes.

adj

having many strings

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English chord English polychord From poly- + chord.

Inflected Forms

polychords (plural)

Derived Forms

polychordal

Questions

What does polychord mean?: Two or more chords, each constructed in a different manner, one on top of the other; multiple chords.
Where does polychord come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English chord English polychord From poly- + chord.

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