"antiphon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈæntɪfən/, /ˈæntɪˌfɑn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-antiphon.wav [US] Forms: antiphons [plural]
Etymology: 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”). Doublet of anthem. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-|id=speak}}, {{der|en|fr|antiphone}} French antiphone, {{der|en|ML.|antiphōna}} Medieval Latin antiphōna, {{der|en|grc|ἀντίφωνα||responses, musical accords}} Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνα (antíphōna, “responses, musical accords”), {{m|grc|ἀντίφωνος||concordant}} ἀντίφωνος (antíphōnos, “concordant”), {{m|grc|ἀντί||in return}} ἀντί (antí, “in return”), {{m|grc|φωνή||sound}} φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”), {{doublet|en|anthem}} Doublet of anthem Head templates: {{en-noun}} antiphon (plural antiphons)
  1. A devotional chant; a piece of music sung responsively. Categories (topical): Music Translations (devotional chant; a piece of music sung responsively): ἀντίφωνον (antíphōnon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), antífona [feminine] (Catalan), antifoni (Finnish), antienne [feminine] (French), αντίφωνο (antífono) [neuter] (Greek), antifono (Ido), ainteafan [masculine] (Irish), antifona [feminine] (Italian), anteme (Middle English), antyfona [feminine] (Polish), antífona [feminine] (Portuguese), antífona [feminine] (Spanish), antifoni [common-gender] (Swedish), antifon [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-antiphon-en-noun-RBj8VxxH Disambiguation of Music: 76 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'devotional chant; a piece of music sung responsively': 97 3
  2. A response or reply. Translations (response or reply): vastaus (Finnish), vastarepliikki (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-antiphon-en-noun-AHq9Vbrt Disambiguation of 'response or reply': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antiphonal, antiphonary, antiphone, antiphoner, antiphonic, antiphonical, antiphony, O Antiphon

Inflected forms

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