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antenna

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.

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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

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The spar to which a lateen sail is attached, which is then hoisted up the mast.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: yard

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: feeler

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tentacle

7

noun

Meaning 7

an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: aerial, transmitting aerial

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: electrical device

Narrower terms: dipole, dipole antenna, directional antenna, omnidirectional antenna, nondirectional antenna

8

noun

Meaning 8

sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he had a special antenna for public relations

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: feeler

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sensitivity, sensitiveness

History

Etymology

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
  • Burmese: အင်တင်နာ (angtangna) — feeler organ
  • Catalan: antena — feeler organ
  • Chinese Mandarin: 觸角 /触角 (chùjiǎo) — feeler organ
  • Chinese Mandarin: 觸鬚 /触须 (chùxū) — feeler organ
  • Czech: tykadlo — feeler organ
  • Danish: antenne — feeler organ
  • Dutch: voelspriet — feeler organ
  • Esperanto: anteno — feeler organ
  • Estonian: tundel — feeler organ
  • Finnish: tuntosarvi — feeler organ
  • French: antenne — feeler organ
  • Georgian: შემხე (šemxe) — feeler organ
  • Georgian: ცეცი (ceci) — feeler organ
  • German: Antenne — feeler organ
  • German: Fühler — feeler organ
  • Greek: κεραία (keraía) — feeler organ
  • Ancient Greek: κεραία (keraía) — feeler organ
  • Hebrew: מחוש (makhósh) — feeler organ
  • Hebrew: אַנְטֶנָה (anténa) — feeler organ
  • Hebrew: מְשׁוֹשָׁה (m'shoshá) — feeler organ
  • Hindi: शृंगिका (śŕṅgikā) — feeler organ
  • Hindi: एन्टेना (enṭenā) — feeler organ
  • Hungarian: csáp — feeler organ
  • Icelandic: fálmari — feeler organ
  • Irish: adharcán — feeler organ
  • Irish: aintéine — feeler organ
  • Italian: antenna — feeler organ
  • Japanese: 触角 (shokkaku) — feeler organ
  • Japanese: ヒゲ (hige) — feeler organ
  • Kazakh: мұрт (mūrt) — feeler organ
  • Khmer: ប្រមោយ (prɑɑmaoy) — feeler organ
  • Korean: 촉각 (chokgak) — feeler organ
  • Korean: 더듬이 (deodeumi) — feeler organ
  • Kyrgyz: мурутча (murutca) — feeler organ
  • Kyrgyz: мурут (murut) — feeler organ
  • Lao: ຫນວດ (nūat) — feeler organ
  • Latvian: antena — feeler organ
  • Lithuanian: antena — feeler organ
  • Luxembourgish: Antenn — feeler organ
  • Macedonian: пипка (pipka) — feeler organ
  • Macedonian: антена (antena) — feeler organ
  • Malay: sesungut — feeler organ
  • Māori: hihi — feeler organ
  • Mongolian: тэмтрэгч (temtregč) — feeler organ
  • Mongolian: мэдрэгч (medregč) — feeler organ
  • Mongolian: антен (anten) — feeler organ
  • Norwegian Bokmål: antenne — feeler organ
  • Iranian Persian: شاخَک (šâxak) — feeler organ
  • Polish: czułek — feeler organ
  • Polish: antena — feeler organ
  • Portuguese: antena — feeler organ
  • Romanian: antenă — feeler organ
  • Russian: ус (us) — feeler organ
  • Russian: у́сик (úsik) — feeler organ
  • Russian: анте́нна (antɛ́nna) — feeler organ
  • Russian: сяжо́к (sjažók) — feeler organ
  • Serbo-Croatian: анте́на — feeler organ
  • Serbo-Croatian: anténa — feeler organ
  • Slovak: tykadlo — feeler organ
  • Slovene: tipalnica — feeler organ
  • Spanish: antena — feeler organ
  • Swedish: antenn — feeler organ
  • Tagalog: sungot — feeler organ
  • Tajik: шохак (šoxak) — feeler organ
  • Tajik: шохча (šoxča) — feeler organ
  • Thai: หนวด (nùuat) — feeler organ
  • Turkish: duyarga — feeler organ
  • Turkish: anten — feeler organ
  • Turkish: lamise — feeler organ
  • Ukrainian: ву́сик (vúsyk) — feeler organ
  • Ukrainian: анте́на (anténa) — feeler organ
  • Urdu: مُحاس (muhās) — feeler organ
  • Urdu: سِینْگھی (sīnghī) — feeler organ
  • Urdu: اینْٹینا (enṭenā) — feeler organ
  • Uzbek: moʻylov — feeler organ
  • Vietnamese: xúc giác — feeler organ
  • Vietnamese: râu — feeler organ
  • Finnish: tuntosarvet — intuitive astuteness
  • Spanish: entena — nautical
  • Spanish: antena — nautical
  • Turkish: anten — nautical
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