polytonalité
French, noun\pɔ.li.tɔ.na.li.te\
polytonalité is spelled P-O-L-Y-T-O-N-A-L-I-T-É (12 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written French, the 285,390th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polytonalité is a French feminine noun meaning “polytonality” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Utilisation de plusieurs tonalités au sein d'une même partition, par différents instruments”.
What does polytonalité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepolytonality
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Utilisation de plusieurs tonalités au sein d'une même partition, par différents instruments.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of polytonalité
- polytonalités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce polytonalité?
- \pɔ.li.tɔ.na.li.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is polytonalité in French?
polytonalité appears about once in every 83 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).