"antenna" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ænˈtɛn.ə/ Audio: en-us-antenna.ogg Forms: antennae [plural], antennas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnə 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂ent-|*ten-}}, {{bor|en|la|antenna|antenna, antemna|yard, sailyard; pole}} Latin antenna, antemna (“yard, sailyard; pole”) Head templates: {{en-noun|antennae|s}} antenna (plural antennae or antennas)
  1. An appendage used for sensing on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal. [from 17th c.] Categories (topical): Body parts Synonyms: feeler Synonyms (Feeler organ on the head of an insect): feeler Translations (feeler organ): κεραία (keraía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), هَوَائِيّ (hawāʔiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), زُبَانِيّ (zubāniyy) [masculine] (Arabic), շոշափուկ (šošapʻuk) (Armenian), բեղիկ (beġik) (Armenian), ву́сік (vúsik) [masculine] (Belarusian), антэ́на (anténa) [feminine] (Belarusian), শুঙ্গ (śuṅgo) (Bengali), пипало (pipalo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), antena [feminine] (Catalan), 觸角 /触角 (chùjiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), tykadlo [neuter] (Czech), voelspriet [feminine] (Dutch), anteno (Esperanto), tuntosarvi (Finnish), antenne [feminine] (French), შემხე (šemxe) (Georgian), ცეცი (ceci) (Georgian), Antenne [feminine] (German), Fühler [masculine] (German), κεραία (keraía) [feminine] (Greek), מחוש (makhósh) [masculine] (Hebrew), csáp (Hungarian), fálmari [masculine] (Icelandic), adharcán [masculine] (Irish), aintéine [feminine] (Irish), antenna [feminine] (Italian), 触角 (shokkaku) (alt: しょっかく) [insects, entomology, biology, natural-sciences] (Japanese), ヒゲ (hige) (english: animals) (Japanese), ប្រមោយ (prɑɑmaoy) (Khmer), 촉각 (chokgak) (Korean), ຫນວດ (nūat) (Lao), Antenn [feminine] (Luxembourgish), пипка (pipka) [feminine] (Macedonian), антена (antena) [feminine] (Macedonian), sesungut (Malay), hihi (Maori), شاخک (šâxak) (Persian), czułek [masculine] (Polish), antena [feminine] (Polish), antena [feminine] (Portuguese), antenă [feminine] (Romanian), ус (us) [masculine] (Russian), у́сик (úsik) [masculine] (Russian), анте́нна (antɛ́nna) [feminine] (Russian), сяжо́к (sjažók) [masculine] (Russian), антена [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), antena [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tykadlo [neuter] (Slovak), antena [feminine] (Spanish), antenn [common-gender] (Swedish), sungot (Tagalog), หนวด (nùuat) (Thai), ву́сик (vúsyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), анте́на (anténa) [feminine] (Ukrainian), xúc giác (alt: 觸角) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-antenna-en-noun-en:feeler_organ Disambiguation of 'Feeler organ on the head of an insect': 91 2 3 1 3 Disambiguation of 'feeler organ': 71 7 14 4 3
  2. An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal. Categories (topical): Technology Synonyms: aerial Synonyms (Device to receive or transmit radio-frequency signal): aerial
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  3. (figurative) The faculty of intuitive astuteness. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: clairvoyance, acumen, perspicacity Translations (intuitive astuteness): tuntosarvet [plural] (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-antenna-en-noun-4iNY-XFy Disambiguation of 'intuitive astuteness': 1 3 94 1 1
  4. (biochemistry) A fragment of an oligosaccharide Categories (topical): Biochemistry
    Sense id: en-antenna-en-noun-T4P4Cyup Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 39 3 16 36 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 39 3 17 33 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 38 6 15 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 30 7 28 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 7 40 3 16 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 40 3 16 34 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  5. (nautical) The spar to which a lateen sail is attached, which is then hoisted up the mast. Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: yard
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "feeler organ",
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          "code": "is",
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          "sense": "feeler organ",
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "feeler organ",
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "feeler organ",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "feeler organ",
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          "word": "antenna"
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          "alt": "しょっかく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shokkaku",
          "sense": "feeler organ",
          "topics": [
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            "biology",
            "natural-sciences"
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          "word": "触角"
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        {
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          "code": "ja",
          "english": "animals",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hige",
          "sense": "feeler organ",
          "word": "ヒゲ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "71 7 14 4 3",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "prɑɑmaoy",
          "sense": "feeler organ",
          "word": "ប្រមោយ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "71 7 14 4 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "chokgak",
          "sense": "feeler organ",
          "word": "촉각"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 7 14 4 3",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "nūat",
          "sense": "feeler organ",
          "word": "ຫນວດ"
        },
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          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "feeler organ",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Antenn"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pipka",
          "sense": "feeler organ",
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          "word": "пипка"
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        {
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "antena",
          "sense": "feeler organ",
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      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "هَوَائِيّ"
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      "sense": "feeler organ",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "زُبَانِيّ"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "word": "շոշափուկ"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "word": "բեղիկ"
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      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "anténa",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "śuṅgo",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "word": "শুঙ্গ"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "antena"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chùjiǎo",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "word": "觸角 /触角"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "tykadlo"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "voelspriet"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "word": "anteno"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "word": "tuntosarvi"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "antenne"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šemxe",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "word": "შემხე"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ceci",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "word": "ცეცი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Antenne"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fühler"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "keraía",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "κεραία"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
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      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "מחוש"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "word": "csáp"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "fálmari"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "adharcán"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aintéine"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "antenna"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょっかく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shokkaku",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
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        "entomology",
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "触角"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "animals",
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      "roman": "hige",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "word": "ヒゲ"
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "prɑɑmaoy",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "word": "ប្រមោយ"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "chokgak",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "word": "촉각"
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      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "nūat",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "word": "ຫນວດ"
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      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Antenn"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pipka",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пипка"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "antena",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "антена"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "word": "sesungut"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "word": "hihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šâxak",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "word": "شاخک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "czułek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "antena"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "antena"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "antenă"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ус"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "úsik",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "у́сик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "antɛ́nna",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "анте́нна"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sjažók",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сяжо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "антена"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "antena"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "tykadlo"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "antena"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "antenn"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "word": "sungot"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nùuat",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "word": "หนวด"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vúsyk",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ву́сик"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "anténa",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "анте́на"
    },
    {
      "alt": "觸角",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "feeler organ",
      "word": "xúc giác"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intuitive astuteness",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "tuntosarvet"
    }
  ],
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}

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