polyfoon
Dutch
Alternative forms
- polyphoon (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from French polyphone.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpoː.liˈfoːn/
- Hyphenation: po‧ly‧foon
- Rhymes: -oːn
Adjective
polyfoon (comparative polyfoner, superlative polyfoonst)
- (music) polyphonic, contrapuntal
- (literature) polyphonic, containing the perspectives of many protagonists
Inflection
| Inflection of polyfoon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | polyfoon | |||
| inflected | polyfone | |||
| comparative | polyfoner | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | polyfoon | polyfoner | het polyfoonst het polyfoonste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | polyfone | polyfonere | polyfoonste |
| n. sing. | polyfoon | polyfoner | polyfoonste | |
| plural | polyfone | polyfonere | polyfoonste | |
| definite | polyfone | polyfonere | polyfoonste | |
| partitive | polyfoons | polyfoners | — | |
Related terms
- polyfonie