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antera

Portuguese, noun/ɐ̃ˈtɛ.ɾɐ/

antera is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “anther (pollen-bearing part of a flower’s stamen)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “porção terminal do estame de uma flor, geralmente composta por dois lóculos onde se formam e armazenam os…”.

What does antera mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineanther (pollen-bearing part of a flower’s stamen)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. porção terminal do estame de uma flor, geralmente composta por dois lóculos onde se formam e armazenam os grãos de pólen; estrutura responsável pela produção e liberação do pólen

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of antera

  • anteras plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce antera?

  • Brazil /ɐ̃ˈtɛ.ɾɐ/
  • Portugal /ɐ̃ˈtɛ.ɾɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to antera

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is antera in Portuguese?

antera appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).