Meanings
adjectivemultiphonic (not comparable)
- not comparableentertainmentHaving the character of multiphonics: sounding two or more pitches at the same time
He prefaced his next song with a row of hard, multiphonic squawks, sounding like a truck horn.
2009 January 22, Nate Chinen, “A Single Jazz Band, by Way of Two Trios”, in New York Times
Origin
From multi- + -phonic. Contrasting with monophonic (“of an instrument, producing one note at a time”).
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APA
multiphonic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multiphonic
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“multiphonic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multiphonic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multiphonic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multiphonic.
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