ante

See also -ante, ante-, Ante, and Ánte

English

Etymology

From Latin ante (“before”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈænt.i/

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• Rhymes: -ænti
• Homophone: auntie

Noun

ante (plural antes)

1. A price or cost, as in up the ante.
   • 1936, Herbert Adams, chapter 2, A Word of Six Letters^[1]:

     “… There was a man who always painted marble seats and another who did nothing but sheep. So a fellow I knew determined only to paint backs. Men's backs, women's backs, girls' backs and boys backs. … his best known bacchante was described by a critic as all back and no ante, but his backs became famous. …”

2. (poker) In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards.

Translations

contribution to pot

• Bulgarian: миза (bg) (miza)
• Finnish: aloituspanos, alkupanos
• Romanian: miză (ro) f

• Russian: ставка (ru) (stávka) f
• Spanish: luz (es) f

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)

1. To pay the ante in poker. Often used ante up.
2. To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances.

Translations

To pay the ante in poker

• Bulgarian: слагам миза (bg) (slagam miza)

• Finnish: maksaa alkupanos

To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances

References

• ante in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• Etna, Nate, neat

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Galician

Preposition

ante

1. before, in front of

Synonyms

• (before, in front of): perante

Related terms

• antes
• diante de
• perante

Noun

ante m (plural antes)

1. moose

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Ido

Preposition

ante

1. before

   Ante parolar on devas pensar. — Before talking one should think.

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Interlingua

Preposition

ante

1. ago

Usage notes

• The English word "ago" is used like a postposition.

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Italian

Noun

ante f

1. Plural form of anta

Anagrams

• nate
• tane

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti, locative singular of the root noun *h₂ent- (“front, front side”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀντί (ánti, “opposite, facing”), Sanskrit अन्ति (ánti), Old Armenian ընդ (ənd), Tocharian B ānte, and English and.

Preposition

ante (+ accusative)

1. before; in front of

Antonyms

• (before, in front of): post

Derived terms

abante antebellum antemortem

ante meridiem ex ante terminus ante quem

Descendants

Catalan: abans Dalmatian: aninč French: avant Galician: ante, antes Italian: avanti, avante

Occitan: avan Portuguese: ante, antes, diante Romanian: înainte Romansch: avant Spanish: ante, antes, delante

References

• Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Brill, 2008, page 45

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Middle French

Noun

ante f (plural antes)

1. auntie; aunt

Descendants

• French: tante

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin amita.

Noun

ante f (oblique plural antes, nominative singular ante, nominative plural antes)

1. aunt (sister of one's parents)
   • circa 1250, Marie de France, Fraisne

     Se vostre ante s'aparceveit
     mult durement li pesereit

     If your aunt found out about it
     it would weigh very heavily on her

Coordinate terms

• oncle
• niés, neveu
• niece

Descendants

• English: aunt

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin ante.

Preposition

ante

1. in front of, before

   Tengo que aparecer ante el juez.

   I have to appear before the judge.

Etymology 2

From dante.

Noun

ante m (plural antes)

1. suede

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Swedish

Verb

ante

1. (colloquial) past tense of ana

See also

• anade
• det ante mig