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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)
- (ecclesiastical, music) antiphon, antiphony
- 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)
- antiphony
Declension