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PRONUNCIATION OF ANTIPHONY

antiphony  [ænˈtɪfənɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANTIPHONY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Antiphony is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ANTIPHONY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

antiphony

Antiphon

An antiphon in Christian music and ritual is a responsory by a choir or congregation, usually in the form of a Gregorian chant, to a psalm or other text in a religious service or musical work. Antiphony is now generally used for any call and response style of singing, such as the kirtan and the sea shanty. Antiphonal music is music that is performed by two semi-independent choirs in interaction, often singing alternate musical phrases. Antiphonal psalmody is the singing or musical playing of psalms by alternating groups of performers.

Definition of antiphony in the English dictionary

The definition of antiphony in the dictionary is the antiphonal singing of a musical composition by two choirs. Other definition of antiphony is any musical or other sound effect that answers or echoes another.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANTIPHONY


cacophony
kəˈkɒfənɪ
ciphony
ˈsaɪfənɪ
colophony
kɒˈlɒfənɪ
epiphany
ɪˈpɪfənɪ
euphony
ˈjuːfənɪ
homophony
hɒˈmɒfənɪ
monophony
mɒˈnɒfənɪ
Persephone
pəˈsɛfənɪ
polyphony
pəˈlɪfənɪ
radiotelephony
ˌreɪdɪəʊtɪˈlefənɪ
satanophany
ˌseɪtənˈɒfənɪ
stephane
ˈstɛfənɪ
symphony
ˈsɪmfənɪ
tautophony
tɔːˈtɒfənɪ
telephony
tɪˈlɛfənɪ
theophany
θɪˈɒfənɪ
Tiffanie
ˈtɪfənɪ
tiffany
ˈtɪfənɪ
Tisiphone
tɪˈsɪfənɪ
Zoffany
ˈzɒfənɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANTIPHONY

antiphlogistic
antiphon
antiphonal
antiphonally
antiphonaries
antiphonary
antiphoner
antiphonic
antiphonical
antiphonically
antiphonies
antiphrasis
antiphrastic
antiphrastical
antipiracy
antiplague
antiplaque
antipleasure
antipoaching
antipodal

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANTIPHONY

acrophony
ambiophony
Anthony
aphony
apophony
autochthony
autophony
diaphony
dodecaphony
gramophony
heterophony
laryngophony
phony
quadraphony
quadrophony
radiophony
stereophony
wireless telephony

Synonyms and antonyms of antiphony in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «antiphony» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANTIPHONY

Find out the translation of antiphony to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of antiphony from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «antiphony» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

唱和
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

antífona
570 millions of speakers

English

antiphony
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

antiphony
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

antiphony
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

antiphony
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

antiphony
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দ্বৈতসঙ্গীত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

antienne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Antiponyi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wechselgesang
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

交唱
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

교송
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Antiphony
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

antiphony
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

antiphony
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विषाणू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

antifoni
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

antifona
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

antiphony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

antiphony
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

antiphony
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Αντιφώνηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Beurtsang
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

antiphony
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

antiphony
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of antiphony

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTIPHONY»

The term «antiphony» is normally little used and occupies the 142.566 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTIPHONY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «antiphony» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «antiphony» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about antiphony

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTIPHONY»

Discover the use of antiphony in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to antiphony and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Antiphony
In this novel that explores the intersection of science and spirituality, Theodore Reveil, one of the leading lights in string theory physics, is on his way to present his latest research at a triumphant meeting of his colleagues from ...
Chris Katsaropoulos, 2011
2
Anglo-American Antiphony: The Late Romanticism of Tennyson ...
"This is Brantley's best book yet.
Richard E. Brantley, 1994
3
The Last Word: Women, Death, and Divination in Inner Mani
The absence of others to "help" a singer is considered absence of kin support and a sign of "bad death." Antiphony is an extension of the ethic of helping. This ethic has connotations that range from the domain of agricultural labor to that of the ...
C. Nadia Seremetakis, 1991
4
Out of Bounds: Male Writers and Gender(ed) Criticism
Fictions. of. Feminine. Voice: Antiphony. and. Silence. in. Hardy's. Tess. of. the. d' Urbervilles. MARGARET R. HIGONNET IN PUBLISHING the first edition of Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman, Faithfully Presented, Hardy explained that ...
Laura P. Claridge, Elizabeth Langland, 1990
5
The Absent One: Mourning Ritual, Tragedy, and the ...
21 Antiphony, dialogue, and refrain — some of the oldest features of the Greek lament — survive today in the modern Greek moirologia "because antiphony is still imbedded in the ritual performance, with more than one group of mourners, ...
Susan L. Cole, 2010
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The Hermeneutics of Original Argument: Demonstration, ...
What, precisely, does the word hermeneutics mean? And in what sense can one speak of the hermeneutics of original argument? The author explores these questions in order to build upon Heidegger's hermeneutical thought.
P. Christopher Smith, 1998
7
Complementing Latin American Borders
Dominant. Autonomous. Homophony. Homogcny. Hegemony. Antiphony. Subaltern. Allonomous. EMPTtNESS"W. Chiasmus. Syncope. /. Heterogeny. Heterophony. Figure 9 So in Figure 9 we have four terms when bifurcating the ...
Floyd Merrell, 2004
8
The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness
... of democracy/ community that has become the valuable intersubjective resource that I call the ethics of antiphony. Stories are told, both with and without music. More important than their content is the fact that during the process of ...
Paul Gilroy, 1993
9
The Age of Wild Ghosts: Memory, Violence, and Place in ...
In Li Zhiwu's house, the values once associated with the granary reinforced the gendered antiphony between the attic and the room below, as Li Qunhua avoided the attic to save herself from contact with dead meat and its "offense to life.
Erik Mueggler, 2001
10
Cori Spezzati: The development of sacred polychoral music to ...
Two complete psalm- settings (without doxology) and the laude Signore dolce mia vita also proceed largely in verse-by-verse alternation of four-part choirs until the final verse, which contains antiphony between the choirs, mingling of some ...
Anthony F. Carver, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTIPHONY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term antiphony is used in the context of the following news items.
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Biblical proportions
A cappella group Antiphony will also contribute its talents to the piece. It has been more than two years since Ger§uschbiest has performed. «Winnipeg Free Press, Jun 15»
2
Krause brothers crafting bold music
... David and Jonathan, accompanied by the Riel Gentlemen's Choir and the Winnipeg-based a cappella group, Antiphony, on June 5 and 6 at ... «Winnipeg Free Press, May 15»
3
OSM review: Mahler never fails
Mehta used the pre-war stage distribution of strings, creating antiphony between first and second violins. I maintain my preference for the fuller ... «Montreal Gazette, May 15»
4
Rhythms from nature, returned to the source
... the happy illusion of antiphony. For the movement called “solitary and time-breaking waves,” four tam-tams were dispatched to four corners of ... «Boston Globe, May 15»
5
Classic Choral Society welcomes spring with concerts
Antiphony between instruments and chorus and then between bass Jeffrey Knight and the chorus propelled the prayerful drive that then had ... «Times Herald-Record, May 15»
6
Editorial: Sweet music, despite our dissonance on race
Editorial. A strange and dissonant antiphony is at work in the culture between those remembering and celebrating the remarkable civil rights ... «National Catholic Reporter, Mar 15»
7
Symphony pays tribute to 65 years of China & Switzerland friendship
... Piano Concerto No.3 in C Minor, and Stravinsky's famous ballet music suite Firebird, audiences are also offered "Song Ruin" or "Antiphony", ... «CCTV, Mar 15»
8
Tend to the Wounded: Dispatches from Kyiv
James Brasfield's translation in The Selected Poems of Oleh Lysheha with its spare Ukrainian–English antiphony is something of a minor ... «The Millions, Mar 15»
9
Can Reforming Culture Save Black Youths?
... of the mainstream serves the function of providing a perfect Dionysian antiphony to the disciplined, Apollonian call of the dominant culture. «The Root, Feb 15»
10
Bernstein and Marquez works fare best with de la Parra, Miami …
Saxophonist Dannel Espenoza showed a particularly effective sense of phrasing and dynamic sensitivity, and the offstage horn in antiphony ... «South Florida Classical Review, Feb 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Antiphony [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/antiphony>. Apr 2024 ».
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