antífona
Portuguese, noun/ɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.fo.nɐ/
antífona is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “antiphon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “versículo precedente a um salmo ou cântico religioso e que depois se canta inteiro ou se repete…”.
What does antífona mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineantiphon
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. versículo precedente a um salmo ou cântico religioso e que depois se canta inteiro ou se repete alternadamente em coro 2. (derivação: sentido figurado) palavra ou expressão que se repete frequentemente; refrão
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of antífona
- antífonas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce antífona?
- Brazil /ɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.fo.nɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ̃ˈti.fu.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to antífona
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is antífona in Portuguese?
antífona appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).