ante

See also: Ante, ante-, anté-, an té, Ánte, and -ante

§English

§Etymology

From Latin ante (“before”)

§Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæːn.tʰi/

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

• Russian: ста́вка (ru) f (stávka)
• 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 (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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§Asturian

§Alternative forms

• énte

§Preposition

ante

1. before, in front of

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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 (antí, “opposite, facing”), Sanskrit अन्ति (ánti), Old Armenian ընդ (ənd), Tocharian B ānte, and English and.

§Preposition

ante

1. (with accusative) before; in front of

§Antonyms

• (before, in front of): post

§Derived terms

• abante
• antebellum
• antemortem
• anterior

• 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 (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden, Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, 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

§Noun

ante

1. nominative singular of antain

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§Portuguese

§Preposition

ante

1. before (in front of in space)
2. in front of (at or near the front part of)
3. in front of (in the presence of someone)

§Synonyms

• (in front of): em frente a, na frente de, diante de

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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