ante

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ante (“before”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): [ˈæn.tʰi]

• Audio (US)

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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, in 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

in games

• French: mise (fr) 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 as 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

• French: miser (fr)
• Russian: делать ставку impf (delatʹ stavku)

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

• Aten, Etan, Etna, Nate, Tena, anet, etna, neat, ta'en

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Asturian

Alternative forms

• énte

Etymology

From Latin ante.

Preposition

ante

1. before, in front of

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.tə/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: an‧te
• Rhymes: -ɑntə

Noun

ante f (plural anten)

1. (architecture) anta, corner pilaster

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French

Etymology

From Latin antae

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃t/

Noun

ante f (plural antes)

1. anta

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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. elk (US), moose (UK) (Alces alces)

Synonyms

• (moose): alce

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ante, Italian ante and to some extent English anterior, all ultimately from Latin ante. (Compare Esperanto antaŭ (“before (time and space)”).)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈante/

Preposition

ante

1. before (of time)

   Ante parolar on devas pensar.

   Before talking one should think.

Derived terms

• antea (“former, preceding, previous”)
• antee (“previously, before, heretofore”)
• ante- (“ante-”)

Antonyms

• pos (“after”)

Paronyms

• avan (“before (in space)”)

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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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.te/, [ˈän̪t̪e̞]
• Stress: ànte
• Hyphenation: an‧te

Etymology 1

From Latin ante, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti (“opposite, in front of”).

Alternative forms

• anti

Adverb

ante (obsolete)

1. afore, ere; before, earlier
   • 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Anima, che diverse cose tante”, Il Canzoniere, Andrea Bettini (1858), p.220:

     Per quanto non vorreste o poscia od ante ¶ esser giunti al cammin che sì mal tiensi, ¶ per non trovarvi i duo bei lumi accensi, ¶ nè l'orme impresse dell'amate piante?

     How much later, or earlier, do you wish ¶ you had taken the road, that's so hard to follow, ¶ so as not to have met those two bright eyes ¶ or the steps of those beloved feet?

2. rather than, instead (of)
   • c. 1362, Buccio di Ranallo, Cronaca aquilana rimata, Forzani (1907), p. 171, “Anima, che diverse cose tante”:

     Lo duca de Duraczo respuse «Ad me despiace; ¶ collo re non vollio briga, ante vi vollio pace [...]»

     The Duke of Durazzo replied «I disagree; ¶ I wish not for trouble, but rather peace, with the king [...]»

Related terms

• ante-
• anteriore
• anzi
• anziano
• avanti

Etymology 2

Form of anta.

Noun

ante f

1. plural 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.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.te/, [ˈan.tɛ]

Preposition

ante (+ accusative)

1. (of space) before, in front, forwards
2. (of time) before

Adverb

ante (not comparable)

1. (of space) before, in front, forwards
2. (of time) before, previously

   ante diem V

   4th day before ("fifth" counting inclusively)

Synonyms

• (before, in front of): prae, prō

Antonyms

• (before, in front of): post

Derived terms

Terms derived from ante

• abante
• ante-
• antebellum

• ante meridiem
• antemortem
• anterior

• ex ante
• terminus ante quem

Descendants

• Asturian: ante, énte
• Catalan: abans, ans
• Dalmatian: aninč
• Esperanto: antaŭ
• Franco-Provençal: avant
• French: avant, ains, ainçais
• Galician: ante, antes
• Italian: ante, anti, avanti, avante, anzi

• Occitan: abans, avan
• Old French: ains, ainçois, avant
• Old Spanish: ante, enante
• Portuguese: ante, antes, avante, diante
• Romanian: înainte
• Romansch: avant
• Spanish: ante, antes, delante

References

• ante in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ante in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ante in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ante in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to foresee the far distant future: futura or casus futuros (multo ante) prospicere
    
  • twenty years ago: abhinc (ante) viginti annos or viginti his annis
    
  • before daybreak: ante lucem
    
  • something presents itself to my vision: ante oculos aliquid versatur
    
  • to picture a thing to oneself; to imagine: oculis, ante oculos (animo) proponere aliquid
    
  • picture to yourselves the circumstances: ante oculos vestros (not vobis) res gestas proponite
    
  • to fail to see what lies before one: quod ante pedes est or positum est, non videre
    
  • Homer lived many years before the foundation of Rome: Homerus fuit multis annis ante Romam conditam
    
  • to live up to one's reputation: famam ante collectam tueri, conservare
    
  • to bring a thing vividly before the eyes: ante oculos ponere aliquid
    
  • amnesty (ἀμνηρτία): ante actarum (praeteritarum) rerum oblivio or simply oblivio
    
  • to be elected at the age required by law (lex Villia annalis): suo (legitimo) anno creari (opp. ante annum)
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 45

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Middle English

Noun

ante

1. Alternative form of ampte

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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 f

1. nominative singular of antain

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ntʃi

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

Adverb

ante (not comparable)

1. Obsolete form of antes.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈante/, [ˈãn̪t̪e]

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 Andalusian Arabic [Term?].

Noun

ante m (plural antes, feminine anta, feminine plural antas)

1. elk

   Synonym: alce

2. suede
3. (Mexico) tapir (large odd-toed ungulate, with a long prehensile upper lip, of the family Tapiridae)

Synonyms

• (tapir): sachavaca, anta, anteburro, tapir

Further reading

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

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Swedish

Verb

ante

1. (colloquial, dialectal) past tense of ana

See also

• anade
• det ante mig