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anterior

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anterior (that is before, foremost).

Pronunciation

Adjective

anterior (not comparable)

  1. (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.
    • 2013 February 6, Jen Christiensen, “Vonn’s injury ‘career-delayer,’ not ‘career ender’”, in CNN:
      Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone.
    1. (botany) (of a part of a flower or leaf) Situated further away from the mainstem.
    2. (phonetics) Pronounced with an obstruction located in front of the palato-alveolar region of the mouth, e.g. b, p, d, t.
  2. (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.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anteriōrem.

Pronunciation

Adjective

anterior m or f (masculine and feminine plural anteriors)

  1. anterior (before; preceding)
  2. previous
  3. (phonetics, phonology) front

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin anterior.

Adjective

anterior m or f (plural anteriores)

  1. anterior, previous
    Synonyms: precedente, previo
    Antonym: posterior
  2. (anatomy) anterior (nearer the forward end)
    Antonym: posterior

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anterior.

Pronunciation

Adjective

anterior (strong nominative masculine singular anteriorer, not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) anterior

Declension

Further reading

  • anterior” in Duden online
  • anterior” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin anterior, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /an.teˈri.or/, [an̪.t̪eˈri.ɔr]

Adjective

anterior (comparative lebih anterior, superlative paling anterior)

  1. (anatomy) anterior

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Latin

Etymology

Comparative form of lost adjective *anterus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros. Related to ante.

Pronunciation

Adjective

anterior (comparative, neuter anterius, no positive form); third declension

  1. that (which is) is before one (in time), more forward, in the future; anterior (as opposed to posterior or backward in time); in front (of)
  2. foremost
  3. formerly (of time), previously

Inflection

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Descendants

References

  • 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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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anteriōrem.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.te.ɾiˈoʁ/ [ɐ̃.te.ɾɪˈoh], (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃.teˈɾjoʁ/ [ɐ̃.teˈɾjoh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.te.ɾiˈoɾ/ [ɐ̃.te.ɾɪˈoɾ], (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃.teˈɾjoɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.te.ɾiˈoʁ/ [ɐ̃.te.ɾɪˈoχ], (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃.teˈɾjoʁ/ [ɐ̃.teˈɾjoχ]
    • (Porto Alegre) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.te.ɾiˈoɻ/ [ɐ̃.te.ɾɪˈoɻ], (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃.teˈɾjoɻ/
 

  • Hyphenation: an‧te‧ri‧or

Adjective

anterior m or f (plural anteriores)

  1. anterior
  2. previous, preceding

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anterior and French antérieur.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. previous
    Synonym: precedent
    Antonym: următor

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anterior.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anteˈɾjoɾ/ [ãn̪.t̪eˈɾjoɾ]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: an‧te‧rior

Adjective

anterior m or f (masculine and feminine plural anteriores)

  1. anterior (in time), previous, earlier, former, past
    Synonym: previo
    Antonym: posterior
  2. anterior (in space)
    Synonyms: delantero, frontal
    Antonym: posterior

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