antre
French, noun/ɑ̃tʁ/
antre is spelled A-N-T-R-E (5 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 21,568th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Antre is a French masculine noun meaning “cave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caverne, grotte naturelle”.
What does antre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecave
- 2
masculineden, lair
- 3
masculineantrum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caverne, grotte naturelle. 2. Caverne, grotte où vit un animal sauvage, une bête fauve. 3. Lieu où il est dangereux d’entrer, d’où l’on n’est pas sûr de sortir. 4. Cavité naturelle de quelques organes du corps humain.
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 antre
- antres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce antre?
- /ɑ̃tʁ/
- \ɑ̃tʁ\
- [ɑ̃.tʁə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to antre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is antre in French?
antre appears 1.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).