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Noun
ante?
(Sette Comuni) 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 Frenchante.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈɑn.tə/
Hyphenation: an‧te
Rhymes: -ɑntə
Noun
antef (pluralanten)
(architecture)anta, corner pilaster
French
Etymology
From Latinantae
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɑ̃t/
Noun
antef (pluralantes)
anta
Galician
Preposition
ante
before, in front of
Synonyms
(before, in front of):perante
Related terms
antes
diante de
perante
Noun
antem (pluralantes)
elk (US), moose (UK) (Alces alces)
Synonyms
(moose):alce
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanishante, Italianante and to some extent Englishanterior, all ultimately from Latinante. (Compare Esperantoantaŭ(“before (time and space)”).)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈante/
Preposition
ante
before (of time)
Derived terms
antea(“former, preceding, previous”)
antee(“previously, before, heretofore”)
ante-(“ante-”)
Antonyms
pos(“after”)
Paronyms
avan(“before (in space)”)
Interlingua
Preposition
ante
ago
Usage notes
The English word "ago" is used like a postposition.
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈan.te/, [ˈän̪t̪e̞]
Hyphenation: àn‧te
Etymology 1
From Latinante, from Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti(“opposite, in front of”).
Alternative forms
anti
Adverb
ante(obsolete)
afore, ere; before, earlier
1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Anima, che diverse cose tante”, Il Canzoniere, Andrea Bettini (1858), p.220:
Per quanto non vorreste o poscia od ante ¶ esser giunti al cammin che sì mal tiensi, ¶ per non trovarvi i duo bei lumi accensi, ¶ nè l'orme impresse dell'amate piante?
How much later, or earlier, do you wish ¶ you had taken the road, that's so hard to follow, ¶ so as not to have met those two bright eyes ¶ or the steps of those beloved feet?
rather than, instead (of)
c. 1362, Buccio di Ranallo, Cronaca aquilana rimata, Forzani (1907), p. 171, “Anima, che diverse cose tante”:
Lo duca de Duraczo respuse «Ad me despiace; ¶ collo re non vollio briga, ante vi vollio pace [...]»
The Duke of Durazzo replied «I disagree; ¶ I wish not for trouble, but rather peace, with the king [...]»
Related terms
ante-
anteriore
anzi
anziano
avanti
Etymology 2
Form of anta.
Noun
antef
plural of anta
Anagrams
nate
tane
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti, locative singular of the root noun *h₂ent-(“front, front side”). Cognates include Ancient Greekἀντί(antí, “opposite, facing”), Sanskritअन्ति(ánti), Old Armenianընդ(ənd), Tocharian Bānte, and Englishand.
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈan.te/, [ˈan̪.t̪ɛ]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈan.te/, [ˈan̪.t̪ɛ]
Preposition
ante (+ accusative)
(of space) before, in front, forwards
(of time) before
Adverb
ante (not comparable)
(of space) before, in front, forwards
(of time) before, previously
ante diem V
4th day before ("fifth" counting inclusively)
Synonyms
(before, in front of):prae, prō
Antonyms
(before, in front of):post
Derived terms
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, 1883–1887)
ante in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], 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
Middle English
Noun
ante
Alternative form of ampte
Middle French
Noun
antef (pluralantes)
auntie; aunt
Descendants
French: tante
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈɑːntə/
Rhymes: -ɑːntə
Hyphenation: an‧te
Verb
ante
simple past of ane
past participle definite singular of ane
past participle plural of ane
Anagrams
etan, nate, tane
Old French
Noun
antef
nominative singular of antain
Pali
Alternative forms
Noun
ante
inflection of anta(“end”):
locative singular
accusative plural
locative singular of anta(“intestine”)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -ɐ̃ntʃi
Preposition
ante
before(in front of in space)
in front of(at or near the front part of)
in front of(in the presence of someone)
Synonyms
(in front of):em frente a, na frente de, diante de