antienne

Finnish

Noun

antienne

1. second-person plural possessive form of genitive plural of anti

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French antoine, earlier anteivene, anteivne, inherited from Ecclesiastical Latin *antephona, a corrupted form of antiphona. Doublet of antiphone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tjɛn/

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Noun

antienne f (plural antiennes)

1. (religion) antiphony
2. (singing) chant, refrain

Further reading

• “antienne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.