polifônico
Portuguese, adjective
polifônico is spelled P-O-L-I-F-Ô-N-I-C-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 124,583rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polifônico is a Portuguese adjective meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of polifónico” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, polifónico is a different word: “polyphonic (relating to or exhibiting polyphony)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo a polifonia”.
What does polifônico mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of polifónico
adjective
- 1
polyphonic (relating to or exhibiting polyphony)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a polifonia
adjective: 1. relativo a polifonia
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of polifônico
- polifónica feminine
- polifónicos masculine plural
- polifónicas feminine plural
- polifônico alternative Brazil
- polifônica feminine
- polifônicos masculine plural
- polifônicas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to polifônico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is polifônico in Portuguese?
polifônico appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).