antennaire
French, noun/ɑ̃.tɛ.nɛʁ/
antennaire is spelled A-N-T-E-N-N-A-I-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written French, the 214,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Antennaire is a French feminine noun meaning “pussytoes (Antennaria)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Une des espèces de poissons osseux marins de mers chaudes, mimétiques, d'aspect trapu, couverts de bosses et…”.
What does antennaire mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepussytoes (Antennaria)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a rapport aux antennes. 2. Qui a rapport aux antennes des insectes, des arthropodes, etc.
noun: 1. Une des espèces de poissons osseux marins de mers chaudes, mimétiques, d'aspect trapu, couverts de bosses et de spinules.
noun: 1. Genre de plantes (Antennaria) de la famille des astéracées comprenant plus d'une quarantaine d'espèces à hampe et capitules floraux tomenteux, typiques des régions alpines et arctiques de l'hémisphère nord, aussi appelées pieds-de-chat ou immortelles.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of antennaire
- antennaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce antennaire?
- /ɑ̃.tɛ.nɛʁ/
- /ɑ̃.te.nɛʁ/
- \ɑ̃.tɛ.nɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is antennaire in French?
antennaire appears about once in every 46 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).