Definition of "antiphony" in inglés

noun

1. (music, singing) Alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner.

2. 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.

3. (phonetics) Synonym of apophony (“contrastive vowel modification”).