antifona

See also: antífona

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin antiphōna, from Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνα (antíphōna, “verse response”), from ἀντίφωνος (antíphōnos, “responsive”), from ἀντί (antí, “against, in return”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /anˈti.fo.na/
  • Rhymes: -ifona
  • Hyphenation: an‧tì‧fo‧na

Noun

antifona f (plural antifone)

  1. (ecclesiastical, music) antiphon, antiphony
  2. anthem

Further reading
  • antifona in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • antifona in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • antifona in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • antifona in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • antìfona in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • antìfona in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

antìfona f (Cyrillic spelling антѝфона)

  1. antiphony

Declension

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