12 Letters
7 Consonants
5 Vowels
3 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use counterpoint as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
About Counterpoint
A 3 syllables noun and 12 letters with the letters c, e, i, n, o, p, r, t, and u, 7 consonants, 5 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters er. Counterpoint starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters c, co, cou, coun, count, and the ending characters are t, nt, int, oint, point, ..
Definition
A musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies
Origin/Roots
Middle French
Compound Words
A compound word, counterpoint has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are counter, and point.
Pig Latin
Counterpoint in Pig Latin is said as "ounterpointcay or ounterpointcway".
Unigram
c | o | u | n | t | e | r | p | o | i | n | t
Bigram
co | ou | un | nt | te | er | rp | po | oi | in | nt
Trigram
cou | oun | unt | nte | ter | erp | rpo | poi | oin | int
Quadrigram
coun | ount | unte | nter | terp | erpo | rpoi | poin | oint
Word Gram
Noun Examples
a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies
Verb Examples
write in counterpoint;
"Bach perfected the art of counterpointing"
to show differences when compared;
be different;
"the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Counterpoint"

There are 156 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to counterpoint.

SynonymDefinition
Accenta diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
Accentingthe act of giving special importance or significance to something
Accentuationthe act of giving special importance or significance to something
Accent Mark
Alexandrinea line of verse that has six iambic feet
Ambrosian Chant
Amounthow much there is of something that you can quantify
Amphibracha metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember'')
Amphimacer
Anacrusis

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Anagrams

There are 2 anagrams from counterpoint.

Anagram Definition
Counterpointa musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies
Unprotection

View English words with the unique letters used in counterpoint. Words With The Letters Ceinoprtu

Derives

Counterpoint derives from 1 words.

Word Definition
Counterpointa musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies

Hypernyms

Counterpoint has 3 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Concerted Music
Polyphonic Music
Polyphonymusic arranged in parts for several voices or instruments





     

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