anther

English

Etymology

From French anthère, from Ancient Greek ἀνθηρός (anthērós, “flowery, blooming”), from ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.θə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.θɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

anther (plural anthers)

1. (botany) The pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower.

   Synonym: (obsolete) summit

Derived terms

• antheral
• anthered
• antheriferous
• antheriform
• antherless
• antheroid

 

Translations

pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower

• Afrikaans: helmknop (af)
• Albanian: pjalmore (sq) f
• Bulgarian: прашник m (prašnik)
• Catalan: antera f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 花葯／花药 (zh) (huāyào)

• Czech: prašník m
• Danish: støvknap c
• Dutch: helmknop (nl) m, anthere f
• Esperanto: antero (eo)
• Finnish: ponsi (fi)
• French: anthère (fr) f
• Galician: antera (gl) f
• German: Staubbeutel m
• Hungarian: portok (hu)
• Icelandic: frjóhnappur m
• Ido: antero (io)
• Irish: antar m
• Italian: antera (it) f
• Japanese: 葯 (ja) (やく, yaku)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: porg m

• Latin: apex stāminis m, anthera f, testiculus m
• Manx: anthyr m
• Maori: ketehae
• Marathi: परागाशय ? (parāgāśay), परागकोश ? (parāgkoś)
• Persian: بساک (fa) (basâk)
• Polish: pylnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: antera f
• Romanian: anteră (ro) f
• Russian: пы́льник (ru) m (pýlʹnik)
• Slovak: prašník m
• Slovene: prášnica f
• Spanish: antera (es) f
• Swedish: ståndarknapp (sv) c, knapp (sv) c
• Tagalog: supot (tl)
• Thai: อับเรณู (àp-ree-nuu)
• Ukrainian: пиляк m (pyljak)
• Welsh: anther m

Anagrams

• Tehran, arthen, harten, nather, thenar

Welsh

Rhannau'r blodyn: A. wyfa/ofari; B. papws; C. anther; D. llabed; E. colofnig gyda stigmâu.

Etymology

Borrowed from English anther.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanθɛr/

Noun

anther m (plural antherau or antheri)

1. (botany) anther

   Synonyms: brigell, brigerben

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
anther	unchanged	unchanged	hanther
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.