antiphony
antiphony · antiphonies
Alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two partsAlternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner.
alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts
(countable, uncountable)Alternate, or responsive ideas or opinions; juxtaposition.
(countable, uncountable)Synonym of apophony (“contrastive vowel modification”).
Translations
4 languagesForms
plural: antiphonies| Singular | antiphony |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedantiphonal
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable