Meanings
antler1
Antler2
proper noun
- A city and village in North Dakota.
Origin
antler · noun
- Latin*anteocularis“before the eye”
- Old Frenchantoillier“antler, horn”
- Middle Englishauntelere
- Englishantler
From Middle English auntelere, hauntelere, from Old French antoillier (“antler, horn”), from ante- (“in front of”) + oillier (oil (“eye”) + -ier (a suffix indicating location)), possibly from an unattested Latin *anteocularis (“before the eye”).
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Antler · proper noun
Named for nearby Antler Creek, whose branches resemble deer antlers when viewed on a map.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek κέρας
- κέρας (kéras)bony structure on the head of deer
Arabic قَرْن الْأَيِّل
- قَرْن الْأَيِّل (qarn al-ʔayyil)bony structure on the head of deer
Bulgarian еленов рог, рог
- еленов рог (elenov rog)bony structure on the head of deer
- рог (rog)bony structure on the head of deer
Catalan banya
- banyabony structure on the head of deer
Chinese Mandarin 鹿角, 角
- 鹿角 (lùjiǎo)bony structure on the head of deer
- 角 (jiǎo)bony structure on the head of deer
Czech paroh
- parohbony structure on the head of deer
Danish gevir
- gevirbony structure on the head of deer
Dutch gewei
- geweibony structure on the head of deer
Esperanto ramuro
- ramurobony structure on the head of deer
Finnish sarvi, sarvikruunu
- sarvibony structure on the head of deer
- sarvikruunubony structure on the head of deer
French bois, andouiller
- boisbony structure on the head of deer
- andouillerbony structure on the head of deer
German Geweih
- Geweihbony structure on the head of deer
Greek κέρατο
- κέρατο (kérato)bony structure on the head of deer
Hungarian agancs
- agancsbony structure on the head of deer
Icelandic horn
- hornbony structure on the head of deer
Indonesian tanduk
- tandukbony structure on the head of deer
Irish beann
- beannbony structure on the head of deer
Italian corno, corna
- cornobony structure on the head of deer
- cornabony structure on the head of deer
- corno ramificatobony structure on the head of deer
- palcobony structure on the head of deer
Japanese 角
- 角 (tsuno)bony structure on the head of deer
Latin cornu (rāmōsum)
- cornu (rāmōsum)bony structure on the head of deer
Lithuanian rãgas
- rãgasbony structure on the head of deer
Māori pihi, maire
- pihibony structure on the head of deer
- mairebony structure on the head of deer
Norwegian horn
- hornbony structure on the head of deer
Norwegian Bokmål gevir
- gevirbony structure on the head of deer
Polish róg
- rógbony structure on the head of deer
Portuguese chifre, corno (de cervídeos)
- chifrebony structure on the head of deer
- corno (de cervídeos)bony structure on the head of deer
- galhadabony structure on the head of deer
Romanian corn, coarne
- cornbony structure on the head of deer
- coarnebony structure on the head of deer
Russian рог, рога́
- рог (rog)bony structure on the head of deer
- рога́ (rogá)bony structure on the head of deer
- олений рог (olenij rog)bony structure on the head of deer
Scottish Gaelic cabar
- cabarbony structure on the head of deer
Slovak paroh
- parohbony structure on the head of deer
Spanish cornamenta, cornadura
- cornamentabony structure on the head of deer
- cornadurabony structure on the head of deer
- astamentabony structure on the head of deer
- cuernabony structure on the head of deer
- encornadurabony structure on the head of deer
- caramerabony structure on the head of deer
Swahili pembe-tawi
- pembe-tawibony structure on the head of deer
Swedish horn, krona
- hornbony structure on the head of deer
- kronabony structure on the head of deer
- hjorthornbony structure on the head of deer
- älghornbony structure on the head of deer
Turkish boynuz
- boynuzbony structure on the head of deer
Ukrainian ріг
- ріг (rih)bony structure on the head of deer
Welsh corn, rhaidd
- cornbony structure on the head of deer
- rhaiddbony structure on the head of deer
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“antler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antler. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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