English

Noun

anta ‎(plural antae)

1. (architecture) A kind of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base.

Related terms

• in antis

Hausa

Noun

antā̀ f

1. Alternative spelling of hanta

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin antae f pl.

Noun

anta f ‎(plural ante)

1. door of furniture
2. shutter (of window)
3. sash (of window)

Etymology 2

From the suffix -anta common to quaranta ‎(“forty”), cinquanta ‎(“fifty”), sessanta ‎(“sixty”), settanta ‎(“seventy”), ottanta ‎(“eighty”), and novanta ‎(“ninety”).

Noun

anta m pl ‎(plural only)

1. (informal) forties, sixties, seventies... (in someone's age)

Anagrams

• nata
• tana

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

an- +‎ ta; from German

Verb

anta ‎(imperative anta, present tense antar, passive antas, simple past antok, past participle antatt, present participle antakende)

1. to assume, presume
2. to accept, approve

Derived terms

• antagelig, antakelig
• antagelse, antakelse

References

• “anta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

anta m

1. end
2. goal
3. top

Noun

anta n

1. intestine, tharm

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.ta/, /ˈɐ̃.tɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.tɐ/
• Hyphenation: an‧ta

anta

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese anta, from Latin antas.

Noun

anta f (plural antas)

1. (architecture) anta
2. dolmen (prehistoric megalithic tomb)

Synonyms

• (dolmen): dólmen

anta (Tapirus indicus)

Etymology 2

From Arabic lamt ‎(lamt).

Noun

anta f (plural antas)

1. tapir (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)
2. (figuratively) a stupid person

   Você é uma anta!‎

   You are an idiot!

Synonyms

• (tapir): tapir

Spanish

Etymology

From ante

Noun

anta f ‎(plural antas, masculine ante, masculine plural ante)

1. (femenine) moose, elk
2. (Bolivia) tapir (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae.)

Synonyms

• (moose): alce, ante
• (tapir): tapir, anteburro, sachavaca, danta, ante

Swedish

Pronunciation

Verb

anta

1. to suppose; to presume

   Jag antar att det är dags att köpa en ny kaffebryggare.‎

   I presume it's time to buy a new coffee machine.

2. to accept an offer

   Schackspelaren antog erbjudandet om remi efter att ha funderat på det.

   The chessplayer accepted the offer of a draw after having thought about it.

Conjugation

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔan.ˈta/

Noun

anta

1. rancidity