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antiphonaire

French, noun/ɑ̃.ti.fɔ.nɛʁ/

antiphonaire is a French masculine noun meaning “antiphonary, antiphonal, antiphoner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Livre d’église où les antiennes et autres parties de l’office sont notées avec des notes de plain-chant”.

What does antiphonaire mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineantiphonary, antiphonal, antiphoner

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Livre d’église où les antiennes et autres parties de l’office sont notées avec des notes de plain-chant.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of antiphonaire

  • antiphonaires plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce antiphonaire?

  • /ɑ̃.ti.fɔ.nɛʁ/
  • \ɑ̃.ti.fɔ.nɛʁ\
  • [ɑ̃.ti.fɔ.nɛʁ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is antiphonaire in French?

antiphonaire appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).