antiphonal
/ænˈtɪfənəl/noun, adjective
antiphonal is a noun meaning “A book of antiphons or anthems sung or chanted at a liturgy; an antiphonary or antiphoner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-T-I-P-H-O-N-A-L, and it appears about once in every 23 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of antiphonal is antiphonals.
What does antiphonal mean?
noun
- 1
A book of antiphons or anthems sung or chanted at a liturgy; an antiphonary or antiphoner.
- 2
An antiphon; a piece sung or chanted in an antiphonal manner.
adjective
- 1
Characterized by antiphones or antiphony; incorporating alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts.
The antiphonal hymn was sung regularly at church.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce antiphonal?
- /ænˈtɪfənəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-antiphonal.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of antiphonal
- antiphonals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is antiphonal?
Antiphonal appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Antiphonal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | antifonário , antifonal, antifónico, antifônico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.