-ante
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-ante f (plural -antes, masculine -ant)
- appended to the stem of a verb, it yields a noun which signifies a female subject who performs the action of that verb (see agent noun)
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-ante
- See -ant-
French edit
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-ante f
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-ante f (plural -antes, masculine ant)
- (noun) female equivalent of -ant
Italian edit
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-ante (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)
- used with a stem to form the present participle of regular -are verbs
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-ante (adjective-forming suffix, plural -anti) -ante m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -anti)
- added to verbs to form agentive adjectives and agent nouns
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- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈan.te/, [ˈän̪t̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈan.te/, [ˈän̪t̪e]
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-ante
Portuguese edit
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-ante m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -antes)
- -ing, -ant; forms adjectives from verbs ending in -ar
- estimular (“to stimulate”) + -ante → estimulante (“stimulating”)
- brilhar (“to shine”) + -ante → brilhante (“brilliant”)
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-ante m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -antes)
- -er, -ant; forms agent nouns from verbs ending in -ar
- Synonyms: -eiro, -dor
- viajar (“to travel”) + -ante → viajante (“voyager, traveler”)
- anunciar (“to announce”) + -ante → anunciante (“announcer”)
- estimular (“to stimulate”) + -ante → estimulante (“stimulant”)
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Spanish edit
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Etymology edit
Suffix edit
-ante m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -antes)
-ante m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -antes)
- forms adjectives and nouns from verbs, particularly verbs in -ar
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Further reading edit
- “-ante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014