antiphona

From Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνᾰ (antíphōna, “responses, musical accords”), neuter plural substantive of ἀντίφωνος (antíphōnos, “concordant”) from ἀντί (antí, “in return”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /an.tiˈpʰoː.na/, [än̪t̪ɪˈpʰoːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.tiˈfo.na/, [än̪t̪iˈfɔːnä]

antiphōna f (genitive antiphōnae); first declension

1. antiphon, an ecclesiastical chant used in many Christian rites consisting of psalms and hymns sung responsively

First-declension noun.

• antiphonarium
• antiphonatim

• antiphona in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• antiphona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.