Pār'a-phō'nī-ā, n.

noun

n. [Gr. παράφωνία, from παράφωνος, sounding beside or with, harmonious, from παρά, beside, and φωνή, sound, voice; Fr. paraphonie.]

  1. (Mus.) A kind of progression, in Greek music, by fourths and fifths.
  2. An alteration of voice.