antístrofe

See also: antistrofe

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀντιστροφή (antistrophḗ, “turning about”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈt͡ʃis.tɾo.fi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈt͡ʃis.tɾo.fi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɾo.fi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈt͡ʃis.tɾo.fe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈtiʃ.tɾu.fɨ/

Noun

antístrofe f (plural antístrofes)

1. antistrophe (in Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left)
2. (rhetoric) antistrophe (the repetition of words in an inverse order)