different between dorsum vs anterior

English

Etymology

From Latin dorsum.

Noun

dorsum (plural dorsa)

1. The back of the tongue, used for articulating dorsal consonants.
2. The top of the foot or the back of the hand.
3. (anatomy) The back or dorsal region on the surface of an animal.
4. (astrogeology) A ridge on a hill, or on the surface of a planet or moon.
5. (astronomy) Theta Capricorni, a star on the back of the Goat

Synonyms

• (back of an animal): back

Related terms

• dorsal / dorsumal

Translations

References

• dorsum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• dorsum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• dromus, dumsor

Latin

Alternative forms

• *dossum

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dorsom, with no known cognates in any other Indo-European languages. Has been linked to deorsum, but their contemporaneous use suggests that one was not a phonetic development of the other.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?dor.sum/, [?d??rs????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?dor.sum/, [?d??rsum]

Noun

dorsum n (genitive dors?); second declension

1. (anatomy) back, part of the body between the neck and buttocks
2. (figuratively) ridge, summit

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Antonyms

• venter

Derived terms

• dors?lis
• dorsualia

Descendants

References

• dorsum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dorsum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dorsum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• dorsum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Alternative forms

• anteriour (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /an?t??.?i.?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /æn?t??.i.?/
• Rhymes: -???i?(?)

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.
   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.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:former

Antonyms

• posterior

Coordinate terms

• (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

Related terms

• auricularis anterior
• past anterior

Translations

References

• “anterior”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “anterior”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• eritoran, erration, rationer

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin anterior.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?n.t?.?i?o/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /an.te.?i?o?/

Adjective

anterior (masculine and feminine plural anteriors)

1. anterior (before; preceding)
2. previous

Synonyms

• previ

Antonyms

• posterior

Derived terms

• anterioritat
• anteriorment

Further reading

• “anterior” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “anterior” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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

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

Derived terms

• anterioridade
• anteriormente

Further reading

• “anterior” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

German

Etymology

From Latin anterior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an?te??io???/
• Hyphenation: an?te?ri?or

Adjective

anterior (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) anterior

Declension

Further reading

• “anterior” in Duden online

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /an?te.ri.or/, [än??t???i?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an?te.ri.or/, [?n??t????i?r]

Adjective

anterior (neuter anterius, positive *anterus); third declension (Late Latin)

1. That is before, more forward, foremost; (of time) former, previous; anterior.

Inflection

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Related terms

• anterius (adverb)

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin anterior.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??.?te.?i.?o?/, [????.t?e.??.?o?]

Adjective

anterior (plural anteriores, comparable)

1. anterior
2. previous, preceding

Derived terms

• anterioridade
• anteriormente

Further reading

• “anterior” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anterior and French antérieur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.te.ri?or/

Adjective

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

1. previous

   Synonym: precedent

   Antonym: urm?tor

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin anterior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ante??jo?/, [ãn?.t?e??jo?]

Adjective

anterior (plural anteriores)

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

   Synonym: previo

   Antonym: posterior

2. anterior (in space)

   Synonyms: delantero, frontal

   Antonym: posterior

Derived terms

Further reading

• “anterior” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.