Definition of Homophony. Meaning of Homophony. Synonyms of Homophony

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Definition of Homophony

Homophony
Homophony Ho*moph"o*ny, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. homophonie.] 1. Sameness of sound. 2. (Mus.) (a) Sameness of sound; unison. (b) Plain harmony, as opposed to polyphony. See Homophonous.

Meaning of Homophony from wikipedia

- In music, homophony (/həˈmɒf(ə)niː, hoʊ-/;, Gr****: ὁμόφωνος, homóphōnos, from ὁμός, homós, "same" and φωνή, phōnē, "sound, tone") is a texture in which...
- Look up homophony in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Homophony and Homophonic are from the Gr**** ὁμόφωνος (homóphōnos), literally 'same sounding,' from...
- Latin ālam) was altered with the silent letter s due to its historical homophony with isle (Old French isle, Latin īnsulam) in both French and English...
- In the theory of writing systems, homophony (from the Gr****: ὁμός, homós, "same" and Gr****: φωνή, phōnē, "sound") refers to the presence or use of different...
- Bach's style is his extensive use of counterpoint, as opposed to the homophony used in his four-part chorale settings, for example. Bach's canons, and...
- reflected the culture's deep-seated focus on longevity and wordplay. From the homophony in some dialects between 酒 ("rice wine") and 久 (meaning "long" in the...
- Epidendrum macrocarpum, widely known as Epidendrum schomburgkii, is a species of orchid in the genus Epidendrum, and the largest-flowering crucifix orchid...
- observed across a paradigm. Syncretism is a specific form of linguistic homophony. Homophony refers to any instance of two words or morphemes with the same pronunciation...
- Epidendrum fimbriatum is a terrestrial (sometimes epiphytic) orchid native to high altitudes (2.2—3.4 km) in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela...
- Dutch as their first language tended to maintain the Dutch system of homophony between plural and linking suffixes when speaking West Frisian, by using...