noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ænˈtɛn.ə/
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rhymes with -ɛnə
CMU ARPABET:AE0 N T EH1 N AH0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An appendage used for sensing on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: feeler
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aerial
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The faculty of intuitive astuteness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clairvoyance, acumen, perspicacity
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A fragment of an oligosaccharide
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
From Latin antenna, antemna (“yard, sailyard; pole”). First used in this sense as a Latin word in the 15th century and as an English word by the end of the 17th century.
Across languages
Translations
98 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
brirth
— feeler organ
Albanian:
antenë
— feeler organ
Arabic:
قَرْن اِسْتِشْعَار
(qarn istišʕār)
— feeler organ
Arabic:
زُبَانَى
(zubānā)
— feeler organ
Arabic:
مِجَسَّة
(mijassa)
— feeler organ
Armenian:
շոշափուկ
(šošapʻuk)
— feeler organ
Armenian:
բեղիկ
(beġik)
— feeler organ
Asturian:
antena
— feeler organ
Asturian:
cuernu
— feeler organ
Azerbaijani:
antenna
— feeler organ
Azerbaijani:
bığcıq
— feeler organ
Belarusian:
ву́сік
(vúsik)
— feeler organ
Belarusian:
антэ́на
(anténa)
— feeler organ
Bengali:
শুঙ্গ
(śuṅgo)
— feeler organ
Bengali:
অ্যান্টেনা
(ênṭena)
— feeler organ
Bulgarian:
пипа́ло
(pipálo)
— feeler organ
Burmese:
စမ်းချောင်း
(cam:hkyaung:)
— feeler organ