ab ante

See also: Abante

Latin

Etymology

From ab (“of, from, by”) + ante (“before”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ab ˈan.te/, [äb ˈän̪t̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ab ˈan.te/, [äb ˈän̪t̪e]

Adverb

abante (not comparable)

1. (Late Latin) before, in front

Descendants

• Aromanian: nãnte, ninte
• Catalan: abans
• French: avant
• Italian: avanti
• Mozarabic اَبَنْتايْرة (abánte),اَبَنْتايْرة (abantáira)
• Mirandese: abante
• Occitan: abans, avan
• Portuguese: avante
• Romanian: înainte
• Romansch: avant
• Spanish: avante

Preposition

ab ante (+ ablative)

1. from before

References

• “ante ab ante”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ANTE ab ante in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• ante ab ante in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish avante (“ahead”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ab ante

1. movement forward; advance
2. advantage in scoring; lead (over an opponent)
3. progress; development; advance
4. sufficiency (as of stock or supply)

Derived terms

• iabante
• makaabante
• paabantihin
• umabante

 

Interjection

ab ante

1. forward!; proceed!; go ahead!

Synonyms

• lakad
• sige
• tuloy