ante

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

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ante (“before”).

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈænti/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ænti
Homophones: anti, anty, auntie (one pronunciation)

Noun

ante (plural antes)

A price or cost, as in up the ante.
- 1936, Herbert Adams, chapter 2, in A Word of Six Letters‎:
  “… 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. …”
- 2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, in BBC‎:
  When it came to the more successful contestants, meanwhile, edits of the shows also began to fall heavily on sad backstories – the "sob story", if you will – instilling the idea that singers had to mine trauma from their lives to up the emotional ante, making them seem to be more "worthy" winners.
(poker) In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards.

Derived terms

ante in
ante up
penny ante
raise the ante
up the ante

Translations

contribution to pot

Bulgarian: миза (miza)
Finnish: aloituspanos, alkupanos
Romanian: miză (ro) f
Russian: ста́вка (ru) f (stávka)
Spanish: luz (es) f
Ukrainian: ста́вка (uk) (stávka)

in games

French: mise (fr) f

Verb

ante (third-person singular simple present antes, present participle anteing, simple past and past participle anted or anteed)

To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up.
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)
Ukrainian: роби́ти ста́вку (robýty stávku)

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, Tean, Tena, anet, etna, neat, neta, ta'en

Asturian

Alternative forms

énte

Etymology

From Latin ante.

Preposition

ante

before, in front of

Cimbrian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ante ?

(Sette Comuni) sorrow
's tüumar ante ― sorry (literally, “it does me sorrow”)
'S tüumar ante habandich gamach spaitan.
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.

References

“ante” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French ante.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.tə/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: an‧te
Rhymes: -ɑntə

Noun

ante f (plural anten)

(architecture) anta, corner pilaster

French

Etymology

From Latin antae.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑ̃t/
Audio (file)

Noun

ante f (plural antes)

anta

Galician

Preposition

ante

before, in front of
Synonym: perante

Related terms

antes
diante de
perante

Noun

ante m (plural antes)

elk (US), moose (UK) (Alces alces)
Synonym: alce

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ante, Spanish 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

before (of time)
Ante parolar on devas pensar. ― Before talking one should think.
Antonym: pos

Derived terms

ante-
antea
antee

Paronyms

avan (“before”, in space)

Interlingua

Preposition

ante

ago

Usage notes

The English word "ago" is used like a postposition.

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈan.te/
Rhymes: -ante
Hyphenation: àn‧te

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

anti

Adverb

ante (obsolete)

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?
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

plural of anta

Anagrams

Etna, nate, tane

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/, [ˈän̪t̪ɛ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.te/, [ˈän̪t̪e]

Preposition

ante (+ accusative)

(of space) before, in front, forwards
(of time) before

Adverb

ante (not comparable)

(of space) before, in front, forwards
ante omnes ― in the first place, first of all
(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

ab ante
ante-
antebellum
ante meridiem
antemortem
antequam
anterior
anticipō
antīquus
ex ante
in ante
terminus ante quem

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: anti
  Gallurese: anti
  Sassarese: anti
- Italian: ante, anti (obsolete)
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: antis
- Old Leonese: [Term?]
  - Asturian: ante, énte, antes
  - Extremaduran: antis
  - Mirandese: antes ⇒ dantes
- Old Portuguese: antes, ante ⇒ perante
  - Galician: antes, ante, perante
  - Portuguese: antes, ante, perante
- Spanish: ante, antes
Vulgar Latin: *antius
- Catalan: ans
- Italian: anzi
- Old French: ains ⇒ ainçois
  - French: ains, ainçais
- Piedmontese: ansi
Borrowings:
- →⇒ Esperanto: antaŭ
- → Norwegian Bokmål: ante-

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
ante in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, 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, →ISBN, page 45

Dizionario Latino, Olivetti

Middle English

Noun

ante

Alternative form of ampte

Noun

ante

Alternative form of aunte

Middle French

Noun

ante f (plural antes)

auntie; aunt

Descendants

French: tante

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑːntə/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːntə
Hyphenation: an‧te

Verb

ante

simple past of ane
past participle definite singular of ane
past participle plural of ane

Anagrams

etan, nate, tane

Old French

Noun

ante f

nominative singular of antain

Pali

Alternative forms

𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
अन्ते (Devanagari script)
অন্তে (Bengali script)
අන‍්තෙ (Sinhalese script)
အန္တေ or ဢၼ္တေ or ဢၼ်တေ (Burmese script)
อนฺเต or อันเต (Thai script)
ᩋᨶ᩠ᨲᩮ (Tai Tham script)
ອນ຺ເຕ or ອັນເຕ (Lao script)
អន្តេ (Khmer script)
𑄃𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

ante

inflection of anta (“end”):
1. locative singular
2. accusative plural
locative singular of anta (“intestine”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.t(ɨ)/

Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
Hyphenation: an‧te

Preposition

ante

before (in front of in space)
in front of (at or near the front part of)
in front of (in the presence of someone)

Synonyms

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

Adverb

ante (not comparable)

Obsolete form of antes.

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈante/ [ˈãn̪.t̪e]
Rhymes: -ante
Syllabification: an‧te

Etymology 1

From Latin ante.

Preposition

ante

in front of, before
Tengo que comparecer ante el juez.
I have to appear before the judge.
against, compared to
Synonyms: contra, frente a

Derived terms

ante la duda
ante todo

Related terms

ante-
antes

Etymology 2

From Andalusian Arabic لمط‎ (lámṭ).

Noun

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

elk
Synonym: alce
suede
(Mexico) tapir (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip)
Synonyms: sachavaca, anta, anteburro, tapir

Derived terms

anteado
anteburro

Swedish

Verb

ante

(colloquial, dialectal) past tense of ana
Synonym: anade

Derived terms

det ante mig

Anagrams

Aten, enat, etan

ante

English

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Asturian

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Cimbrian

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Dutch

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French

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Galician

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Ido

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Interlingua

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Italian

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Latin

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Middle English

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Middle French

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Old French

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Pali

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Portuguese

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