poly·phone \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌfōn\noun Etymology:poly- + -phone 1.: a music box that by means of perforated disks can play a number of tunes 2.: a symbol or group of symbols having more than one phonetic value (as ea in English, which represents \ā\ in break and \ē\ in freak)