antístrofe

See also: antistrofe

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀντιστροφή (antistrophḗ, turning about).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈt͡ʃis.tɾo.fi/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɾo.fi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈt͡ʃis.tɾo.fe/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈtiʃ.tɾu.fɨ/

Noun

antístrofe f (plural antístrofes)

  1. antistrophe (in Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left)
  2. (rhetoric) antistrophe (the repetition of words in an inverse order)