anta

See also: ANTA, ȧnta, äntä, -anta, anta-, and -anță

English

Etymology

Latin

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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for anta in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• AANT, Nata, Tana, anat., naat, taan, tana

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Hausa

Noun

antā̀ f

1. Alternative spelling of hanta

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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

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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.

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• अन्त (Devanagari script)
• অন্ত (Bengali script)
• අන්ත (Sinhalese script)
• အန္တ (Burmese script)
• อนฺต (Thai script)
• ᩋᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• អន្ត (Khmer script)

Noun

anta m

1. end
2. goal
3. top

Noun

anta n

1. intestine, tharm

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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

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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

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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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

Conjugation of anta (class 6 strong)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	anta	antas
Present tense	antar	antas
Past tense	antog	antogs
Supine	antagit	antagits
Imperative	anta	—
Present participle	antagande
Past participle	antagen

Conjugation of antaga (somewhat dated)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	antaga	antagas
Present tense	antager	antages
Past tense	antog	antogs
Supine	antagit	antagits
Imperative	antag	—
Present participle	antagande
Past participle	antagen

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔan.ˈta/

Noun

anta

1. rancidity