Wiktionary

anti-

See also: anti, Anti, and antî-

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”). Doublet of and- and ante-.

PronunciationEdit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈænˌtiː/, /ˈæn.tɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæn.ti/, /ˈænˌtaɪ/

PrefixEdit

anti-

  1. Against, hostile to.
    antiabortion
  2. Contrasting with the norm.
    antihero
  3. Opposite of, reverse.
    anticlockwise
  4. Physically opposite: applied to mountain ranges.
    Anti-Lebanon, Anti-Taurus, Anti-Atlas
  5. Counteracting, neutralizing.
    antibacterial
  6. (particle physics) Related to antiparticles or antimatter.
    antimatter, antiatom
  7. (immunology) That reacts with immunoglobins found in the specified animal.
    antirabbit, antihorse
  8. (games, game theory) Indicating that a game's conventional victory conditions have been reversed: misère.
    antichess, anticheckers

Usage notesEdit

  • anti- should not be confused with the prefix ante- of Latin (not Greek) origin meaning “before”. (However, anti- does exist as a variant spelling of ante- in some borrowed words, such as anticipate and antipasto, but this spelling cannot be used to coin English words.)
  • anti- sometimes becomes ant- before words beginning in a vowel, as does ante-: antacid.
  • In British English, the anti- forms are often hyphenated as evidenced by OED's many anti- entries using hyphen. However, the exact convention significantly varies.
  • GPO manual recommends using a hyphen when prefixing capitalized words except when usage dictates otherwise.[1] This is matched by usual practice: anti-American or anti-Christian.

SynonymsEdit

AntonymsEdit

  • (against, hostile to): pro-

Derived termsEdit

English terms prefixed with anti-

TranslationsEdit

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See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

CatalanEdit

PrefixEdit

anti-

  1. anti

Derived termsEdit

Catalan terms prefixed with anti-

Further readingEdit

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

anti-

  1. anti-
    Synonym: proti-

Derived termsEdit

Czech terms prefixed with anti-

Further readingEdit

  • anti- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

DanishEdit

PrefixEdit

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived termsEdit

Danish terms prefixed with anti-

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑn.ti/
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PrefixEdit

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived termsEdit

Dutch terms prefixed with anti-

DescendantsEdit

  • → Indonesian: anti-

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Derived from Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”).

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived termsEdit

Esperanto terms prefixed with anti-

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Internationalism (see English anti-), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑnti-/, [ˈɑn̪t̪i-]

PrefixEdit

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived termsEdit

Finnish terms prefixed with anti-

AnagramsEdit

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”).

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived termsEdit

French terms prefixed with anti-

Further readingEdit

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”).

PrefixEdit

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived termsEdit

Galician terms prefixed with anti-

Further readingEdit

GaroEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ClassifierEdit

anti-

  1. classifier for weeks

SynonymsEdit

GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”), influenced by Latin borrowings from Greek beginning with anti- (like Antichristus) and German borrowings from Latin or Greek.

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived termsEdit

German terms prefixed with anti-

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “against”).[1]

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒnti]
  • Hyphenation: an‧ti

PrefixEdit

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived termsEdit

Hungarian adjectives prefixed with anti-
Hungarian nouns prefixed with anti-

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English anti-, French anti-, German anti-, Italian anti-, Spanish anti-, Russian анти- (anti-), all ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí).

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

anti-

  1. anti-, contra-, counter- (for use mainly in scientific terms)
    ‎anti- + ‎toxino (“toxin”) → ‎antitoxino (“antitoxin”)

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Ido terms prefixed with anti-

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Malay anti-, from Dutch anti-, from Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [anti]
  • Hyphenation: an‧ti

PrefixEdit

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived termsEdit

Indonesian terms prefixed with anti-

Further readingEdit

ItalianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin ante (“before”).

PrefixEdit

anti-

  1. anti-
  2. ante-

Etymology 2Edit

From Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”).

PrefixEdit

anti-

  1. anti-
Derived termsEdit
Italian terms prefixed with anti-

AnagramsEdit

MalayEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch anti-, from Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”).

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

anti- (Jawi spelling انت‎)

  1. anti-
    Antikomunisme ― Anti-communism
    Anti-Amerika ― Anti-America
    Antonym: pro-

Usage notesEdit

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “against”).

PrefixEdit

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with anti-

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “against”).

PrefixEdit

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with anti-

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “against”).

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

anti-

  1. anti-
  2. (particle physics) anti- (related to antiparticles or antimatter)

Derived termsEdit

Portuguese terms prefixed with anti-

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “against”).

PrefixEdit

anti-

  1. anti-; against, opposite, protecting against

Derived termsEdit

Spanish terms prefixed with anti-

Further readingEdit

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “against”).

PrefixEdit

anti-

  1. anti-; against, opposite, protecting against

Derived termsEdit

Swedish terms prefixed with anti-

AnagramsEdit

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