diante
Interlingue
Noun
diante (plural diantes)
- carnation
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- diãte (obsolete, abbreviation)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese deante, from de + enante. Enante from Late Latin inante, from Latin in + ante. Cognate with Galician diante, Asturian, Leonese and Mirandese delantre and Spanish delante.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈdjɐ̃.tɨ/
Adverb
diante (comparative mais diante superlative o mais diante)
- in front of
- before
- ahead
Derived terms
- dianteira