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ante
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ante (“before”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?ænti/
- Rhymes: -ænti
- Homophones: anti, anty, auntie (one pronunciation)
Noun
ante (plural antes)
- A price or cost, as in up the ante.
- (poker) In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards.
Translations
See also
- penny ante
- up the ante
Verb
ante (third-person singular simple present antes, present participle anteing, simple past and past participle anted or anteed)
- To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up.
- To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances.
Translations
References
- ante in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Aten, Etan, Etna, Nate, Tean, Tena, anet, etna, neat, neta, ta'en
Asturian
Alternative forms
- énte
Etymology
From Latin ante.
Preposition
ante
- before, in front of
Cimbrian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
ante ?
- (Sette Comuni) sorrow
References
- “ante” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French ante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n.t?/
- Hyphenation: an?te
- Rhymes: -?nt?
Noun
ante f (plural anten)
- (architecture) anta, corner pilaster
French
Etymology
From Latin antae
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??t/
Noun
ante f (plural antes)
- anta
Galician
Preposition
ante
- before, in front of
- Synonym: perante
Related terms
Noun
ante m (plural antes)
- elk (US), moose (UK) (Alces alces)
- Synonym: alce
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian ante, Spanish ante, and to some extent English anterior, all ultimately from Latin ante. (Compare Esperanto anta? (“before”, time and space).)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ante/
Preposition
ante
- before (of time)
- Antonym: pos
Derived terms
Paronyms
- avan (“before”, in space)
Interlingua
Preposition
ante
- ago
Usage notes
- The English word "ago" is used like a postposition.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?an.te/
- Hyphenation: àn?te
Etymology 1
From Latin ante, from Proto-Indo-European *h?énti (“opposite, in front of”).
Alternative forms
- anti
Adverb
ante (obsolete)
- afore, ere; before, earlier
- 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Anima, che diverse cose tante”, Il Canzoniere, Andrea Bettini (1858), p.220:
- Per quanto non vorreste o poscia od ante ¶ esser giunti al cammin che sì mal tiensi, ¶ per non trovarvi i duo bei lumi accensi, ¶ nè l'orme impresse dell'amate piante?
- How much later, or earlier, do you wish ¶ you had taken the road, that's so hard to follow, ¶ so as not to have met those two bright eyes ¶ or the steps of those beloved feet?
- Per quanto non vorreste o poscia od ante ¶ esser giunti al cammin che sì mal tiensi, ¶ per non trovarvi i duo bei lumi accensi, ¶ nè l'orme impresse dell'amate piante?
- 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Anima, che diverse cose tante”, Il Canzoniere, Andrea Bettini (1858), p.220:
- rather than, instead (of)
- c. 1362, Buccio di Ranallo, Cronaca aquilana rimata, Forzani (1907), p. 171, “Anima, che diverse cose tante”:
- Lo duca de Duraczo respuse «Ad me despiace; ¶ collo re non vollio briga, ante vi vollio pace [...]»
- The Duke of Durazzo replied «I disagree; ¶ I wish not for trouble, but rather peace, with the king [...]»
- Lo duca de Duraczo respuse «Ad me despiace; ¶ collo re non vollio briga, ante vi vollio pace [...]»
- c. 1362, Buccio di Ranallo, Cronaca aquilana rimata, Forzani (1907), p. 171, “Anima, che diverse cose tante”:
Related terms
- ante-
- anteriore
- anzi
- anziano
- avanti
Etymology 2
Form of anta.
Noun
ante f
- plural of anta
Anagrams
- nate
- tane
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h?énti, locative singular of the root noun *h?ent- (“front, front side”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ???? (antí, “opposite, facing”), Sanskrit ????? (ánti), Old Armenian ??? (?nd), Tocharian B ?nte, and English and.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?an.te/, [?än?t??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?an.te/, [??n?t??]
Preposition
ante (+ accusative)
- (of space) before, in front, forwards
- (of time) before
Adverb
ante (not comparable)
- (of space) before, in front, forwards
- (of time) before, previously
- ante diem V
- 4th day before ("fifth" counting inclusively)
- ante diem V
Synonyms
- (before, in front of): prae, pr?
Antonyms
- (before, in front of): post
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ante in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ante in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ante in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- ante in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN, page 45
Middle English
Noun
ante
- Alternative form of ampte
Middle French
Noun
ante f (plural antes)
- auntie; aunt
Descendants
- French: tante
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???nt?/
- Rhymes: -??nt?
- Hyphenation: an?te
Verb
ante
- simple past of ane
- past participle definite singular of ane
- past participle plural of ane
Anagrams
- etan, nate, tane
Old French
Noun
ante f
- nominative singular of antain
Pali
Alternative forms
Noun
ante
- inflection of anta (“end”):
- locative singular
- accusative plural
- locative singular of anta (“intestine”)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??nt?i
Preposition
ante
- before (in front of in space)
- in front of (at or near the front part of)
- in front of (in the presence of someone)
Synonyms
- (in front of): em frente a, na frente de, diante de
Adverb
ante (not comparable)
- Obsolete form of antes.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ante/, [?ãn?.t?e]
Etymology 1
From Latin ante.
Preposition
ante
- in front of, before
- against, compared to
- Synonyms: contra, frente a
Derived terms
- ante la duda
- ante todo
Related terms
- ante-
- antes
Etymology 2
From Andalusian Arabic ???? (lám?).
Noun
ante m (plural antes, feminine anta, feminine plural antas)
- elk
- Synonym: alce
- suede
- (Mexico) tapir (large odd-toed ungulate, with a long prehensile upper lip, of the family Tapiridae)
- Synonyms: sachavaca, anta, anteburro, tapir
Derived terms
- anteado
- anteburro
Further reading
- “ante” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Verb
ante
- (colloquial, dialectal) past tense of ana
See also
- anade
- det ante mig
Anagrams
- Aten, enat, etan
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ance
English
Adverb
ance
- (chiefly Scotland) Alternative spelling of once
Anagrams
- Caen, CanE, Cane, Cena, Nace, acne, cane
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- what ancestral land am i on
- what ancestry is most common in the midwest
- what ancestors mean
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- what ancestry am i
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