"Polyphonous" is a word in ENGLISH

Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. See Polyphony.

A polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict contrapuntal rules. The theme is first given …

Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, …

One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic …

An unaccompanied polyphonic song, in four, five, or more parts, set to secular words, but full of counterpoint and imitation, …

Homophonic; -- applied to music in which the melody is confined to one part, instead of being shared by all …

Single-voiced; having but one part; as, a monophonic composition; -- opposed to polyphonic.

A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.

A character or vocal sign representing more than one sound, as read, which is pronounced red.

Characterized by polyphony; as, Assyrian polyphonic characters.

Having a multiplicity of sounds.

Consisting of several tone series, or melodic parts, progressing simultaneously according to the laws of counterpoint; contrapuntal; as, a polyphonic …

Polyphony.