anti

See also Anti, and anti-

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Conversion of the prefix anti- to an adjective, from Latin anti, from Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “against, opposite, instead of”), from  (ánta), from Proto-Indo-European *anti (compare Hittite hanza 'front', Latin ante 'before', Tocharian A ánt(e) 'forehead', Gothic and 'throughout', Lithuanian añt 'on, in order to', Ossetian ändä 'outside', Sanskrit ántas 'end, boundary').

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈæn.ti/, X-SAMPA: /"{n.ti/
• Rhymes: -ænti
• Homophone: auntie (in some accents)

Adjective

anti (comparative more anti, superlative most anti)

1. (chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 90° and 180°

Antonyms

• pro

Translations

• Finnish: vastustava (fi)

Noun

anti (plural antis)

1. A person opposed to a concept or principle.

Antonyms

• pro

Translations

one opposed

• Finnish: vastustaja (fi)

Preposition

anti

1. (rare) A word used before a noun or noun phrase to indicate opposition to the concept expressed by the noun or noun phrase.

See also

• anti-

Anagrams

• ain't NAIT, tian, tina, Tina, TINA

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Finnish

Noun

anti

1. offering
2. issue, emission

Declension

Declension of anti (type risti) singular plural nominative anti annit genitive annin antien partitive antia anteja accusative anti annin annit inessive annissa anneissa elative annista anneista illative antiin anteihin adessive annilla anneilla ablative annilta anneilta allative annille anneille essive antina anteina translative anniksi anneiksi instructive – annein abessive annitta anneitta comitative – anteineen

Anagrams

• nait, tain, tina

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Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English aunty, auntie.

Noun

anti

1. paternal aunt; one's father's sister