anterior
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- anteriour (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin anterior (“that is before, foremost”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /anˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ænˈtɪɹ.i.ɚ/
Audio (GA) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ)
Adjective[edit]
anterior (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal.
- 2013, Carole Hollins, Questions and Answers for Dental Nurses, page 44:
- Transillumination of anterior teeth, using the composite curing light placed labially to shine through the tooth and be viewed using the mouth mirror, shows up any cavities as dark interproximal shadows.
- (botany) (of a part of a flower or leaf) Situated further away from the mainstem.
- (phonetics) Pronounced with an obstruction located in front of the palato-alveolar region of the mouth, e.g. b, p, d, t.
- (formal) Coming before or earlier in time or development, prior to, preceding.
- 1859, John Stuart Mill, On Liberty:
- anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion.
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:former
Antonyms[edit]
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior, distal, dorsal, lateral, medial, posterior, proximal, ventral (Category: en:Medicine) [edit]
- (dentistry location adjectives) anterior, apical, apicocoronal, axial, buccal, buccoapical, buccocervical, buccogingival, buccolabial, buccolingual, bucco-occlusal, buccopalatal, cervical, coronal, coronoapical, distal, distoapical, distobuccal, distocervical, distocoronal, distofacial, distogingival, distoincisal, distolingual, disto-occlusal, distoclusal, distocclusal, distopalatal, facial, gingival, incisal, incisocervical, inferior, labial, lingual, linguobuccal, linguo-occlusal, mandibular, maxillary, mesial, mesioapical, mesiobuccal, mesiocervical, mesiocoronal, mesiodistal, mesiofacial, mesioincisal, mesiogingival, mesiolingual, mesio-occlusal, mesioclusal, mesiocclusal, mesiopalatal, occlusal, palatal, posterior, proximal, superior, vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- anterior auricular muscle
- anterior cerebral artery
- anterior chamber
- anterior cingulate cortex
- anterior commissure
- anterior communicating artery
- anterior deltoid
- anterior inferior cerebellar artery
- anteriority
- anteriorize
- anteriorly, anteriorally
- anterior median fissure
- anteriormost
- anteriorness
- anterior pituitary
- anterior pituitary gland
- anterior scalene muscle
- anterior spinal artery
- anterior superior iliac spine
- anterior triangle
- anteriorward
- antero-
- centroanterior
- distoanterior
- dorsoanterior
- duplicitas anterior
- inferoanterior
- lateroanterior
- medioanterior
- mentoanterior
- mesoanterior
- midanterior
- nonanterior
- occipitoanterior
- posteroanterior, posterioanterior
- sacroanterior
- subanterior
- superoanterior
- ventroanterior
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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References[edit]
- “anterior”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “anterior”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
anterior m or f (masculine and feminine plural anteriors)
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “anterior” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “anterior”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “anterior” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “anterior” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
anterior m or f (plural anteriores)
- anterior, previous
- Synonyms: precedente, previo
- Antonym: posterior
- (anatomy) anterior (nearer the forward end)
- Antonym: posterior
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “anterior” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
anterior (strong nominative masculine singular anteriorer, not comparable)
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Comparative form of lost adjective *anterus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros. Related to ante.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /anˈte.ri.or/, [än̪ˈt̪ɛriɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /anˈte.ri.or/, [än̪ˈt̪ɛːrior]
Adjective[edit]
anterior (neuter anterius, positive *anterus); third declension (Late Latin)
Inflection[edit]
Third-declension comparative adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | anterior | anterius | anteriōrēs | anteriōra | |
Genitive | anteriōris | anteriōrum | |||
Dative | anteriōrī | anteriōribus | |||
Accusative | anteriōrem | anterius | anteriōrēs | anteriōra | |
Ablative | anteriōre | anteriōribus | |||
Vocative | anterior | anterius | anteriōrēs | anteriōra |
Related terms[edit]
- anterius (adverb)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “anterior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- anterior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin anteriōrem.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: an‧te‧ri‧or
Adjective[edit]
anterior m or f (plural anteriores)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “anterior” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin anterior and French antérieur.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
anterior m or n (feminine singular anterioară, masculine plural anteriori, feminine and neuter plural anterioare)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | anterior | anterioară | anteriori | anterioare | ||
definite | anteriorul | anterioara | anteriorii | anterioarele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | anterior | anterioare | anteriori | anterioare | ||
definite | anteriorului | anterioarei | anteriorilor | anterioarelor |
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
anterior m or f (masculine and feminine plural anteriores)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “anterior”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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