anther
/ˈæn.θɚ/noun
anther is a noun meaning “The pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-T-H-E-R and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 5 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of anther is anthers.
What does anther mean?
noun
- 1
The pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce anther?
- UK /ˈæn.θə/
- US /ˈæn.θɚ/
Anther has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-anther.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of anther
- anthers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is anther?
Anther appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Anther in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does anther come from?
From French anthère, from Ancient Greek ἀνθηρός (anthērós, “flowery, blooming”), from ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).