noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈæθənɔː/
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General-American:/ˈæθənɔɹ/
1
noun
Meaning 1
A furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: philosophical furnace
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a furnace that feeds itself so as to maintain a uniform temperature; used by alchemists
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: furnace
History
Etymology
From Arabic التَنُّور (at-tannūr, “the baker’s oven”). The word is a doublet of tandoor.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bengali:
তন্দুর
(tondur)
— furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists
Catalan:
atanor
— furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists
French:
athanor
— furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists
German:
Athanor
— furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists
Hungarian:
atanor
— furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists
Ido:
athanor
— furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists
Italian:
atanor
— furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists
Latin:
athanor
— furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists
Polish:
atanor
— furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists
Portuguese:
atanor
— furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists
Serbo-Croatian:
атанор
— furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists
Serbo-Croatian:
atanor
— furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists
Spanish:
athanor
— furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists
