antífona

• antífana, antífena

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

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ənˈti.fu.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ənˈti.fo.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [anˈti.fo.na]

antífona f (plural antífones)

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

• “antífona” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “antífona” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “antífona”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “antífona”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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

• Hyphenation: an‧tí‧fo‧na

antífona f (plural antífonas)

1. (ecclesiastical, music) antiphon

• antifonal, antifónico, antifônico (“antiphonal”, adjective)
• antifonário m

• “antífona”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “antífona”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “antífona” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “antífona”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “antífona”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “antífona”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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

• IPA^(key): /anˈtifona/ [ãn̪ˈt̪i.fo.na]
• Rhymes: -ifona
• Syllabification: an‧tí‧fo‧na

antífona f (plural antífonas)

1. (ecclesiastical, music) antiphon, antiphony

• “antífona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024