ante-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ante"

English

Etymology

From Latin ante (“preposition and prefix”); akin to Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí), Sanskrit अन्ति (anti), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳- (and-) (only in compounds): compare answer, along, German ant-, ent- (in compounds). Doublet of anti-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌæn.tɪ/, /ˌæn.tə/

Prefix

ante-

(non-productive) Prior to in time.
Synonyms: pre-, fore-

Antonyms: post-, after-

antebellum
(non-productive) In front of in space.
Synonyms: pre-, fore-

Antonym: post-

antechamber
(anatomy) anterior.
Synonyms: anterio-, antero-, pre-

Antonyms: posterio-, postero-, post-

antecubital

Usage notes

Not to be confused with anti- (“against”).

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with ante-

antebrachiocarpal

anteconsonantal

anteconsonantic

antegrammatical

antehypophyseal

antenarratology

antepenultimate

antepenultimatum

preantepenultima

antepredicament

anteprohibition

anterevolutionary

Related terms

antero-, anterio-

Translations

Prior to in time

Finnish: edeltävä (fi)
Ido: ante-
Irish: ur-
Italian: ante- (it)
Polish: ante- (pl), przed- (pl)
Portuguese: ante- (pt)
Russian: пред- (ru) (pred-), до- (ru) (do-)

In front of in space

Finnish: etu- (fi)
Italian: ante- (it)
Portuguese: ante- (pt)
Russian: пред- (ru) (pred-), при- (ru) (pri-)

See also

ante
anti-

Anagrams

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch ante-, from Latin ante-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ante]
Hyphenation: an‧té

Prefix

anté-

ante-

Derived terms

Category Indonesian terms prefixed with ante- not found

Further reading

“ante-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Prefix

ante-

ante- (all senses)

Derived terms

Anagrams

Etna, nate, tane

Latin

Etymology

See ante

Prefix

ante-

before

Derived terms

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti

Proto-Italic *anti

Latin anteder.

Polish ante-

Derived from Latin ante.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /an.tɛ/
Rhymes: -antɛ
Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Prefix

ante-

ante-, before
Synonym: przed-

Declension

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Derived terms

Category Polish terms suffixed with ante- not found

Polish terms prefixed with ante-

Further reading

ante- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.te/, /ɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.tɨ/

Hyphenation: an‧te-
Homophone: anti- (Brazil)

Prefix

ante-

ante- (prior to in time)
ante- (in front of in space)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with ante-

Related terms

antes

Further reading

“ante-”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
“ante-”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
“ante-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌan.te/

Prefix

ante-

ante- (prior to in time)
ante- (in front of in space)

Synonyms

pre-

Derived terms

Romanian terms prefixed with ante-

antecalculație

antemăsurătoare

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ante-.

Prefix

ante-

ante- (prior to in time)
‎ante- + ‎penúltimo (“penultimate”) → ‎antepenúltimo (“antepenultimate”)
ante- (in front of in space)

Derived terms

Related terms

ante

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

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