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ante

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ante (“before”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈænti/
• Rhymes: -ænti
• Homophones: anti, anty, auntie (one pronunciation)

Noun

ante (plural antes)

1. A price or cost, as in up the ante.
2. (poker) In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot, often before dealing all the cards.

Derived terms

Translations

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Verb

ante (third-person singular simple present antes, present participle anteing, simple past and past participle anted or anteed)

1. To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up.
2. To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances.

Translations

See also

• status quo ante bellum

References

• “ante”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• tane, ta'en, anet, etna, NEAT, Aten, Neat, neta, Etan, Nate, neat, Etna, Tean, Tena

Akatek

Verb

ante

1. to cure

Asturian

Alternative forms

• énte

Etymology

From Latin ante.

Preposition

ante

1. before, in front of

   Synonym: delantre

Cimbrian

Etymology

Compare Old High German anto (“zeal, anger”), which could have undergone a semantic shift.

Noun

ante ?

1. (Sette Comuni) sorrow

   's tüumar ante ― sorry (literally, “it does me sorrow”)

References

• “ante” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.tə/
• Hyphenation: an‧te
• Rhymes: -ɑntə

Noun

ante f (plural anten)

1. (architecture) anta, corner pilaster

Eastern Arrernte

Noun

ante

1. and (from English)

References

• 2020. Eastern and Central Arrernte Learners' List, compiled by Veronica Perrule Dobson and John Henderson. Alice Springs, NT.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin antae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃t/

Noun

ante f (plural antes)

1. anta

Further reading

• “ante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Preposition

ante

1. before, in front of

   Synonym: perante

Related terms

Noun

ante m (plural antes)

1. elk (US), moose (UK) (Alces alces)

   Synonym: alce

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ante, Spanish ante, and to some extent English anterior, all ultimately from Latin ante. (Compare Esperanto antaŭ (“before”, time and space).)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈante/

Preposition

ante

1. before (of time)

   Antonym: pos

   Ante parolar on devas pensar. ― Before talking one should think.

Derived terms

Paronyms

• avan (“before”, in space)

Interlingua

Preposition

ante

1. ago

Usage notes

• The English word "ago" is used like a postposition.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: àn‧te

Etymology 1

From Latin ante, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti (“opposite, in front of”).

Alternative forms

• anti

Adverb

ante (obsolete)

1. afore, ere; before, earlier
2. rather than, instead (of)
   • c. 1362, Buccio di Ranallo, Cronaca aquilana rimata, Forzani (1907), p. 171, “Anima, che diverse cose tante”:

Related terms

• ante-
• anteriore
• anzi
• anziano
• avanti

Etymology 2

Form of anta.

Noun

ante f

1. plural of anta

Anagrams

• Etna, nate, tane

Latin

Alternative forms

• (preposition): a. (abbreviation)
• in ante
• ab ante (Late Latin)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *anti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti, locative singular of the root noun *h₂ent- (“front, front side”).

Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “opposite, facing”), Sanskrit अन्ति (ánti), Old Armenian ընդ (ənd), Tocharian B ānte, and English and.

The change from PIE ablative to Latin accusative is like the confrontational accusative used with Ancient Greek παρά (pará).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈan.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈan̪.t̪e]

Preposition

ante (+ accusative)

1. indicates anteriority. before

   Synonyms: prae, prō

   Antonym: post

   1. of space. in front, before, forwards
      1. before, in the presence of, in the sight of
   2. of time. before

      ante omnia ― first of all

      ante litteram (literally, “before the letter”)

   3. of importance. before, more than

Adverb

ante (not comparable)

1. before, in front, forwards (of space)
2. before, previously (of time)

   ante diem V

   4th day before ("fifth" counting inclusively)

Derived terms

Related terms

• antiae

Descendants

References

• “ante”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ante”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "ante", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• ante in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 45
• ante in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

ante

1. alternative form of ampte

Etymology 2

Noun

ante

1. alternative form of aunte

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French antain

Noun

ante f (plural antes)

1. auntie; aunt

Descendants

• French: tante

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːntə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːntə
• Hyphenation: an‧te

Verb

ante

1. simple past of ane
2. past participle definite singular of ane
3. past participle plural of ane

Anagrams

• etan, nate, tane

Old French

Noun

ante f

1. nominative singular of antain

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

ante

1. inflection of anta (“end”):
   1. locative singular
   2. accusative plural
2. locative singular of anta (“intestine”)

Adjective

ante

1. inflection of anta (“extreme; interior”):
   1. locative singular masculine/neuter
   2. accusative plural masculine

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ante.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: an‧te

Preposition

ante

1. (dated) before (in front of in space)

   Synonym: perante

2. (dated) in front of (at or near the front part of)
3. (dated) in front of (in the presence of someone)

Synonyms

• (in front of): em frente a, na frente de, diante de

Adverb

ante (not comparable)

1. obsolete form of antes

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈante/ [ˈãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: an‧te

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin ante.

Preposition

ante

1. in front of, before
2. against, compared to

   Synonyms: contra, frente a

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Andalusian Arabic لمط (lámṭ).

Noun

ante m (plural antes, feminine anta, feminine plural antas)

1. elk

   Synonym: alce

2. suede
3. (Mexico) tapir (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip)

   Synonyms: sachavaca, anta, anteburro, tapir

Derived terms

Further reading

• “ante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Verb

ante

1. (colloquial, dialectal) past of ana

   Synonym: anade

Derived terms

• det ante mig

Anagrams

• Aten, enat, etan

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