polyphonie

pɔlifɔni

Definition

Definition of polyphonie - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

musique

TECH.

technique musicale qui combine plusieurs mélodies en même temps

TECH.

La polyphonie de Bach est d'une complexité remarquable.

contrapuntique

harmonique

multiple

TECH.

coexistence de plusieurs voix ou éléments distincts dans un ensemble

TECH.

Cette œuvre littéraire présente une polyphonie de points de vue.

multiplicité

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en polyphonie

adv.

de manière à faire entendre plusieurs voix musicales différentes en même temps

Le chœur chante en polyphonie cette mélodie traditionnelle.

Origin of polyphonie

grec, poly (plusieurs) + phonos (sons)

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quadruple

polyphonie

composition musicale médiévale écrite pour quatre voix

à la Palestrina

adv.

style musical

selon le style musical de Palestrina, avec polyphonie pure et équilibrée

diaphonie

polyphonie

technique musicale où plusieurs voix doublent la mélodie principale

Examples of polyphonie in a sentence

Les élèves étudient la polyphonie dans leur cours de musique.
La polyphonie enrichit la composition musicale moderne.
On retrouve une polyphonie de voix dans ce débat.

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English:polyphony, multiplicity of voices, ...
German:Polyphonie, Mehrstimmigkeit, ...
Italian:polifonia, ...
Spanish:polifonía, ...
Portuguese:polifonia, multiplicidade de vozes, ...
Chinese:复调, 多声部, ...
Japanese:多声音楽, 多声, ...
Arabic:تعدد الأصوات, تعدد العناصر, ...
Hebrew:פּוֹלִיפוֹנְיָה, רַב-קוֹלוּת, ...
Russian:полифония, многоголосие, ...
Ukrainian:поліфонія, множинність голосів, ...
Catalan:polifonia, ...
Danish:polyfoni, flerstemmighed, ...
Dutch:polyfonie, ...
Greek:πολυφωνία, ...
Khmer:ពហុសំឡេង, ភាពមានសំឡេងច្រើន, ...
Korean:폴리포니, 다성, ...
Polish:polifonia, ...
Portuguese (BR):polifonia, multivocidade, ...
Romanian:polifonie, multiplicitate, ...
Swedish:polyfoni, flerstämmighet, ...
Thai:โพลีโฟนี, พหุเสียง, ...
Turkish:polifoni, çok seslilik, ...
Vietnamese:đa âm, đa thanh, ...

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Definition of polyphonie - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

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