anterior

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• anteriour (obsolete)

EtymologyEdit

From Latin anterior, comparative of ante (“forward, before”)

PronunciationEdit

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪəriə(r)

AdjectiveEdit

anterior (not comparable)

1. Before in place.
2. Before or earlier in time; prior to; preceding.
   • 1859, John Stuart Mill, On Liberty:

     anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion.

3. (anatomy) Nearer the forward end; nearer the head of an animal or the front of a human.

SynonymsEdit

• See also Thesaurus:former

AntonymsEdit

• (before in place): posterior
• (anatomy): posterior

Coordinate termsEdit

• (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,‎ distal,‎ dorsal,‎ lateral,‎ medial,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ ventral ^{(Category: en:Medicine) [edit]}
• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Derived termsEdit

• anteriorly

TranslationsEdit

before in place

• Bulgarian: преден (bg) (preden)
• Catalan: anterior (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 前面的 (zh) (qiánmiàn de)

• Esperanto: antaŭa
• Finnish: edellinen (fi), lähempi (fi)
• French: antérieur (fr), précédent (fr)

• German: Vorder-
• Italian: anteriore (it)
• Japanese: 前の (ja) (mae no), 前方の (ja) (zempō no)
• Portuguese: anterior (pt)
• Romanian: anterior (ro)
• Russian: пере́дний (ru) (perédnij)
• Spanish: anterior (es)

before or earlier in time

• Bulgarian: предшестващ (bg) (predšestvašt)
• Catalan: anterior (ca)
• Dutch: anterieur
• Esperanto: antaŭa

• Finnish: edeltävä (fi), aiempi (fi), aikaisempi (fi), edellinen (fi)
• Japanese: 前の (ja) (saki no), 優先する (ja) (yūsen suru), 先行する (ja) (senkō suru), 先んじる (sakinjiru)
• Portuguese: anterior (pt)
• Russian: предше́ствующий (ru) (predšéstvujuščij)

anatomy: nearer the forward end

• Bulgarian: преден (bg) (preden)
• Catalan: anterior (ca)
• Esperanto: antaŭa
• Finnish: etummainen (fi), etu-
• French: antérieur (fr)

• Italian: anteriore (it)
• Portuguese: anterior (pt)
• Spanish: anterior (es)
• Swedish: främre (sv)

AnagramsEdit

• eritoran, erration, rationer

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin anterior.

AdjectiveEdit

anterior (masculine and feminine plural anteriors)

1. anterior (before; preceding)
2. previous

SynonymsEdit

• previ

AntonymsEdit

• posterior

Derived termsEdit

• anteriorment

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LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /anˈte.ri.or/, [anˈtɛ.ri.ɔr]

AdjectiveEdit

anterior (neuter anterius); third declension

1. anterior, more forward
2. former, previous

InflectionEdit

Third declension, comparative variant

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
nominative	anterior	anterius		anteriōrēs	anteriōra
genitive	anteriōris			anteriōrum
dative	anteriōrī			anteriōribus
accusative	anteriōrem	anterius		anteriōrēs	anteriōra
ablative	anteriōre			anteriōribus
vocative	anterior	anterius		anteriōrēs	anteriōra

Related termsEdit

• ante
• anterius

DescendantsEdit

• Catalan: anterior
• English: anterior
• French: antérieur

• Italian: anteriore
• Portuguese: anterior
• Romanian: anterior

ReferencesEdit

• anterior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• anterior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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PortugueseEdit

AdjectiveEdit

anterior (plural anteriores, comparable)

1. anterior
2. previous, preceding

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Latin anterior and French antérieur.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /an.te.riˈor/

AdjectiveEdit

anterior m, n (feminine singular anterioară, masculine plural anteriori, feminine and neuter plural anterioare)

1. previous

DeclensionEdit

declension of anterior

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	anterior		anterioară	anteriori	anterioare
	definite	anteriorul		anterioara	anteriorii	anterioarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	anterior		anterioare	anteriori	anterioare
	definite	anteriorului		anterioarei	anteriorilor	anterioarelor

SynonymsEdit

• precedent

AntonymsEdit

• următor

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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /anteˈɾjoɾ/, [ãn̪t̪eˈɾjoɾ]

• Audio (Latin America)

  (file)

AdjectiveEdit

anterior (plural anteriores)

1. anterior (in time), previous, earlier, former, past
2. anterior (in space)

SynonymsEdit

• (anterior in time): previo
• (anterior in space): delantero, frontal

AntonymsEdit

• posterior

Related termsEdit

• anteriormente