antigone

1. 1.

   (Greek mythology) the daughter of King Oedipus who disobeyed her father and was condemned to death

   Broadermythical being

   Greek mythology

Other forms of antigone

plural

antigones·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about antigone

What does antigone mean?

antigone means "(Greek mythology) the daughter of King Oedipus who disobeyed her father and was condemned to death".

How many syllables are in antigone?

antigone has 4 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /æˈtɪɡəni/.

Is antigone a common word?

antigone is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.