anthesis
/ænˈθisɪs/noun
anthesis is a noun meaning “The event of a flower opening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-T-H-E-S-I-S, and it appears about once in every 32 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of anthesis is antheses.
What does anthesis mean?
noun
- 1
The event of a flower opening.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce anthesis?
- /ænˈθisɪs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of anthesis
- antheses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is anthesis?
Anthesis appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th 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).
Anthesis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the event of a flower opening:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | antese, desabrochar, florescência, florescimento, abertura |
| Spanish | floración |
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 anthesis come from?
Ancient Greek ἄνθησις (ánthēsis, “flowering”), from ἀνθέω (anthéō), from ἄνθος (ánthos).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).