anterior
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- anteriour (obsolete)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin anterior (“that is before, foremost”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /anˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ænˈtɪɹ.i.ɚ/
Audio (GA) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ)
Adjective edit
anterior (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal.
- 2013, Carole Hollins, Questions and Answers for Dental Nurses, page 44:
- Transillumination of anterior teeth, using the composite curing light placed labially to shine through the tooth and be viewed using the mouth mirror, shows up any cavities as dark interproximal shadows.
- (botany) (of a part of a flower or leaf) Situated further away from the mainstem.
- (phonetics) Pronounced with an obstruction located in front of the palato-alveolar region of the mouth, e.g. b, p, d, t.
- (formal) Coming before or earlier in time or development, 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.
Synonyms edit
- See also Thesaurus:former
Antonyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
- (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, incisocervical, 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 terms edit
- anterior auricular muscle
- anterior cerebral artery
- anterior chamber
- anterior cingulate cortex
- anterior commissure
- anterior communicating artery
- anterior cruciate ligament
- anterior deltoid
- anterior inferior cerebellar artery
- anteriority
- anteriorization
- anteriorize
- anteriorly, anteriorally
- anterior median fissure
- anteriormost
- anteriorness
- anterior pituitary
- anterior pituitary gland
- anterior scalene muscle
- anterior spinal artery
- anterior superior iliac spine
- anterior triangle
- anteriorward
- antero-
- centroanterior
- distoanterior
- dorsoanterior
- duplicitas anterior
- inferoanterior
- lateroanterior
- medioanterior
- mentoanterior
- mesoanterior
- midanterior
- nonanterior
- occipitoanterior
- posteroanterior, posterioanterior
- sacroanterior
- subanterior
- superoanterior
- tibialis anterior
- ventroanterior
Related terms edit
Translations edit
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References edit
- “anterior”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “anterior”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin anteriōrem.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [ən.tə.ɾiˈor]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ən.tə.ɾiˈo]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [an.te.ɾiˈoɾ]
Adjective edit
anterior m or f (masculine and feminine plural anteriors)
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “anterior” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “anterior”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “anterior” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “anterior” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
anterior m or f (plural anteriores)
- anterior, previous
- Synonyms: precedente, previo
- Antonym: posterior
- (anatomy) anterior (nearer the forward end)
- Antonym: posterior
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “anterior” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
anterior (strong nominative masculine singular anteriorer, not comparable)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Comparative form of lost adjective *anterus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros. Related to ante.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /anˈte.ri.or/, [än̪ˈt̪ɛriɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /anˈte.ri.or/, [än̪ˈt̪ɛːrior]
Adjective edit
anterior (neuter anterius); third declension (Late Latin)
Inflection edit
Third-declension comparative adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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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 terms edit
- anterius (adverb)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “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.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin anteriōrem.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: an‧te‧ri‧or
Adjective edit
anterior m or f (plural anteriores)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin anterior and French antérieur.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
anterior m or n (feminine singular anterioară, masculine plural anteriori, feminine and neuter plural anterioare)
Declension edit
singular | plural | ||||||
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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 |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /anteˈɾjoɾ/ [ãn̪.t̪eˈɾjoɾ]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: an‧te‧rior
Adjective edit
anterior m or f (masculine and feminine plural anteriores)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “anterior”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014