different between tantrum vs antrum

English

Etymology

From earlier tanterum. Further etymology unknown. Possibly from Tamil ???????? (tantiram, “stratagem, cunning, ruse, tactic, trickery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tænt??m/

Noun

tantrum (plural tantrums)

1. An often childish display or fit of bad temper.

Synonyms

• (childish display of bad temper): dummy spit, hissy fit, see also Thesaurus:tantrum

Derived terms

• temper tantrum
• throw a tantrum

Translations

Verb

tantrum (third-person singular simple present tantrums, present participle tantruming or tantrumming, simple past and past participle tantrumed or tantrummed)

1. (intransitive) To throw a tantrum.

English

Etymology

From Latin antrum, from Ancient Greek ?????? (ántron, “cave”). Doublet of antre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æn.t??m/

Noun

antrum (plural antrums or antra)

1. (biology) A bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls, especially one in the sinuses.

Related terms

• antral

Translations

Further reading

• antrum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• antrum in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Truman, Turman, natrum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (ántron, “cave”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?an.trum/, [?än?t?????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?an.trum/, [??n?t??um]

Noun

antrum n (genitive antr?); second declension

1. cave, cavern
2. cavity, hollow
3. tomb

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

References

• antrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• antrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• antrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• antrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette