ante-

• anti- (obsolete)

From Classical Latin ante-, use as prefix of ante (preposition);^[1] akin to Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí), Sanskrit अन्ति (anti), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳- (and-) (only in compounds): compare answer, along, English ant-, ent- (in compounds). Doublet of anti-.

• IPA^(key): /ˌæn.tɪ/, /ˌæn.tə/

ante-

1. (no longer productive) Prior to in time.

   Synonyms: pre-, fore-

   Antonyms: post-, after-

   antebellum

   • 2020 August 8, Zui, “Controlled Languages — Newspeak”, in The Language Closet‎^[1]:

     The main prefixes in the controlled language include “un-“, “plus-“, “doubleplus-“, “ante-” and “post-“.

2. (no longer productive) In front of in space.

   Synonyms: pre-, fore-

   Antonym: post-

   antechamber

3. (anatomy) anterior.

   Synonyms: anterio-, antero-, pre-

   Antonyms: posterio-, postero-, post-

   antecubital

• Not to be confused with anti- (“against”).

• antero-, anterio-

• ante
• anti-

• tane, ta'en, anet, etna, NEAT, Aten, Neat, neta, Etan, Nate, neat, Etna, Tean, Tena

Learned borrowing from Latin ante-.

ante-

1. ante-

From Dutch ante-, from Latin ante-.

• IPA^(key): [ante]
• Hyphenation: an‧té

anté-

1. ante-

• “ante-”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

ante-

1. ante- (all senses)

• Etna, nate, tane

See ante

ante-

1. before

Derived from Latin ante.

• IPA^(key): /an.tɛ/
• Rhymes: -antɛ
• Syllabification: an‧te-

ante-

1. ante-, before

   Synonym: przed-

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• ante- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: an‧te-
• Homophone: anti- (Brazil)

ante-

1. ante- (prior to in time)
2. ante- (in front of in space)

• antes

• “ante-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ante-”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “ante-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˌan.te/

ante-

1. ante- (prior to in time)
2. ante- (in front of in space)

• pre-

Borrowed from Latin ante-.

• IPA^(key): /ante/ [ãn̪.t̪e]
• Syllabification: an‧te-

ante-

1. ante- (prior to in time)

   ‎ante- + ‎penúltimo (“penultimate”) → ‎antepenúltimo (“antepenultimate”)

2. ante- (in front of in space)

   ‎ante- + ‎poner (“to put, to place”) → ‎anteponer (“to place in front of”)

• “ante-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025