"antrum" meaning in English

See antrum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈæn.tɹəm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Yangolin-antrum.wav [General-American] Forms: antrums [plural], antra [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ντρον (ắntron)der. Latin antrumubor. English antrum From Latin antrum, from Ancient Greek ἄντρον (ántron, “cave”). Doublet of antre. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:ubor|la:antrum|tree=1}} Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ντρον (ắntron)der. Latin antrumubor. English antrum [Appendix:Glossary#unadapted_borrowing|Unadapted borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "cave", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ᾰ̓́ντρον", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "antrum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "ubor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "antrum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="antrum">, {{ubor|en|la|antrum|notext=1}} Latin antrum, {{der|en|grc|ἄντρον||cave}} Ancient Greek ἄντρον (ántron, “cave”), {{doublet|en|antre}} Doublet of antre Head templates: {{en-noun|s|antra}} antrum (plural antrums or antra)
  1. (biology) A bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls, especially one in the sinuses. Derived forms: antrum of Highmore Related terms: antral, antro- Translations (bodily cavity): antrum (Afrikaans), antre [masculine] (Catalan), antre [masculine] (French), Höhle [feminine] (German), antúr [masculine] (Irish), antro [masculine] (Portuguese), antro (Spanish), guwang (Tagalog)

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":ubor",
        "3": "la:antrum",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nAncient Greek ᾰ̓́ντρον (ắntron)der.\nLatin antrumubor.\nEnglish antrum\n[Appendix:Glossary#unadapted_borrowing|Unadapted borrowing]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"gloss\" : \"cave\", \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"ᾰ̓́ντρον\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"antrum\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"ubor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"antrum\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"antrum\">",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "antrum",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin antrum",
      "name": "ubor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἄντρον",
        "4": "",
        "5": "cave"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἄντρον (ántron, “cave”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "antre"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of antre",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nAncient Greek ᾰ̓́ντρον (ắntron)der.\nLatin antrumubor.\nEnglish antrum\nFrom Latin antrum, from Ancient Greek ἄντρον (ántron, “cave”). Doublet of antre.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "antrums",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "antra",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "antra"
      },
      "expansion": "antrum (plural antrums or antra)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Irish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Tagalog translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Biology",
          "orig": "en:Biology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 14 14 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 6 6 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 6 6 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 6 6 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "antrum of Highmore"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              82,
              88
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1953, Ian Fleming, “The Secret Agent”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 9:",
          "text": "He could feel his eyes filling their sockets. The front of his face, his nose and antrum, were congested. He breathed the sweet night air deeply and focused his senses and his wits.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              135,
              141
            ],
            [
              184,
              190
            ],
            [
              240,
              246
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1964, GFF - Volume 86, page 343:",
          "text": "In forms with a modified outer antral fence, both this and the adjacent distal band of the domiciliar wall may be concave and form the antrum (Figs. 6 J-K; 7 B), and in some forms the antrum apparently is formed by the dolon alone (dolonal antrum).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls, especially one in the sinuses."
      ],
      "id": "en-antrum-en-noun-nYgU9p2w",
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "cavity",
          "cavity"
        ],
        [
          "sinuses",
          "sinuses"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology) A bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls, especially one in the sinuses."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "antral"
        },
        {
          "word": "antro-"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "lang_code": "af",
          "sense": "bodily cavity",
          "word": "antrum"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "sense": "bodily cavity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "antre"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "bodily cavity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "antre"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "bodily cavity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Höhle"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "sense": "bodily cavity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "antúr"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "bodily cavity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "antro"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "bodily cavity",
          "word": "antro"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "lang_code": "tl",
          "sense": "bodily cavity",
          "word": "guwang"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæn.tɹəm/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Yangolin-antrum.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Yangolin-antrum.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Yangolin-antrum.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Yangolin-antrum.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Yangolin-antrum.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "antrum"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymon",
    "la:Landforms"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "antrum of Highmore"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":ubor",
        "3": "la:antrum",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nAncient Greek ᾰ̓́ντρον (ắntron)der.\nLatin antrumubor.\nEnglish antrum\n[Appendix:Glossary#unadapted_borrowing|Unadapted borrowing]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"gloss\" : \"cave\", \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"ᾰ̓́ντρον\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"antrum\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"ubor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"antrum\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"antrum\">",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "antrum",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin antrum",
      "name": "ubor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἄντρον",
        "4": "",
        "5": "cave"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἄντρον (ántron, “cave”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "antre"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of antre",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nAncient Greek ᾰ̓́ντρον (ắntron)der.\nLatin antrumubor.\nEnglish antrum\nFrom Latin antrum, from Ancient Greek ἄντρον (ántron, “cave”). Doublet of antre.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "antrums",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "antra",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "antra"
      },
      "expansion": "antrum (plural antrums or antra)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "antral"
    },
    {
      "word": "antro-"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English doublets",
        "English entries with etymology trees",
        "English entries with etymon",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms borrowed from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English unadapted borrowings from Latin",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Pages with etymon",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
        "en:Biology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              82,
              88
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1953, Ian Fleming, “The Secret Agent”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 9:",
          "text": "He could feel his eyes filling their sockets. The front of his face, his nose and antrum, were congested. He breathed the sweet night air deeply and focused his senses and his wits.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              135,
              141
            ],
            [
              184,
              190
            ],
            [
              240,
              246
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1964, GFF - Volume 86, page 343:",
          "text": "In forms with a modified outer antral fence, both this and the adjacent distal band of the domiciliar wall may be concave and form the antrum (Figs. 6 J-K; 7 B), and in some forms the antrum apparently is formed by the dolon alone (dolonal antrum).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls, especially one in the sinuses."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "cavity",
          "cavity"
        ],
        [
          "sinuses",
          "sinuses"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology) A bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls, especially one in the sinuses."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæn.tɹəm/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Yangolin-antrum.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Yangolin-antrum.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Yangolin-antrum.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Yangolin-antrum.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Yangolin-antrum.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "sense": "bodily cavity",
      "word": "antrum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "bodily cavity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "bodily cavity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "bodily cavity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Höhle"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "bodily cavity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antúr"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "bodily cavity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "bodily cavity",
      "word": "antro"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "bodily cavity",
      "word": "guwang"
    }
  ],
  "word": "antrum"
}

Download raw JSONL data for antrum meaning in English (5.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-08-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-08-05 using wiktextract (872fc7b and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.