antiphon

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French antiphone or Medieval Latin antiphōna, from Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνα (antíphōna, “responses, musical accords”), neuter plural substantive of ἀντίφωνος (antíphōnos, “concordant”) from ἀντί (antí, “in return”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). Compare anthem.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈæntɪfən/

NounEdit

antiphon (plural antiphons)

1. A devotional piece of music sung responsively.
2. A response or reply.
   • 2007, Barbara Everett, ‘Making and Breaking in Shakespeare's Romances’, in the London Review of Books 29:6, page 20:

     The Clown […] says: ‘And so we wept; and there was the first gentleman-like tears that ever we shed’; to which his father, the Shepherd, adds the comfortable antiphon, ‘We may live, son, to shed many more.’

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from antiphon

• antiphonal
• antiphonary
• antiphone

• antiphoner
• antiphonic

• antiphonical
• antiphony

TranslationsEdit

devotional piece of music sung responsively

• Finnish: antifoni
• Irish: ainteafan m
• Portuguese: antífona (pt) f

• Spanish: antífona f
• Swedish: antifoni (sv) c, antifon (sv) c

response or reply

• Finnish: vastaus (fi), vastarepliikki

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• Catalan: ^{(please verify)} antífona f