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noun, feminine

antienne

/ɑ̃.tjɛn/

noun, feminine/ɑ̃.tjɛn/plural: antiennes

antiphony; chant, refrain

Inherited from Old French antoine, earlier anteivene, anteivne, inherited from Ecclesiastical Latin *antephona, a corrupted form of antiphona. Doublet of antiphone.