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polyphonous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
po-lyph-o-nous
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of polyphonic.

Etymology

Partly an adapted borrowing of New Latin polyphōnus and partly of its etymon Ancient Greek πολύφωνος (polúphōnos) + -ous. By surface analysis, poly- + -phonous.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more polyphonous (comparative) most polyphonous (superlative)

Derived Forms

polyphonously

Synonyms

polyphonic

Questions

What does polyphonous mean?
Synonym of polyphonic.
Where does polyphonous come from?
Partly an adapted borrowing of New Latin polyphōnus and partly of its etymon Ancient Greek πολύφωνος (polúphōnos) + -ous. By surface analysis, poly- + -phonous.

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