antiphony

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antiphony

noun antiphonies

countable, uncountable Alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner.
countable, uncountable Alternate, or responsive ideas or opinions; juxtaposition. Besides that Cardan pleases himself with that Antiphonie in Nature, that as the Ostrich being a Bird, yet never shes in the Aire, so this Bird of Paradise should alwayes be in the Aire, and never rest upon the Earth.
countable, uncountable Synonym of apophony (“contrastive vowel modification”). Still another phase of language which interests Professor Orr is that of vowel antiphony in the functional development of language; e.g. the “front-back” vowel sequence (tittle-tattle, et patati et patata, etc.).
Similar: apophony

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noun singing by a choir split in two parts or a piece sung in this manner

Português	antifonia
Français	antienne
Italiano	antifonia

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@misc{antiphony_2026,
  title = {antiphony},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/antiphony},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}