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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- anteriour(obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed fromLatinanterior(“that is before, foremost”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation)IPA(key):/anˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/
- (General American)IPA(key):/ænˈtɪɹ.i.ɚ/
Audio(General American): (file)
- Rhymes:-ɪəɹiə(ɹ)
Adjective
[edit]anterior(notcomparable)
- (anatomy)Nearer theforwardend, especially in thefrontof the body; nearer theheadorforepartof an animal.
- 2013,Carole Hollins,Questions and Answers for Dental Nurses,page44:
- Transillumination ofanteriorteeth, 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 aflowerorleaf)Situated furtherawayfrom themainstem.
- (phonetics)Pronouncedwith anobstructionlocated in front of thepalato-alveolarregion of themouth,e.g. b, p, d, t.
- (formal)Comingbeforeorearlierintimeordevelopment,priorto,preceding.
- 1859,John Stuart Mill,On Liberty:
- anteriorto the time when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion.
Synonyms
[edit]- See alsoThesaurus: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 cruciate ligament
- anterior deltoid
- anterior inferior cerebellar artery
- anteriority
- anteriorization
- 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
- tibialis anterior
- ventroanterior
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]anatomy: nearer the forward end
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before or earlier in time
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References
[edit]- “anterior”,inLexico,Dictionary;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.
- “anterior”,inMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:Merriam-Webster,1996–present.
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]anteriormorf(masculine and feminine pluralanteriors)
Synonyms
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “anterior”inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “anterior”,inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2024
- “anterior”inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “anterior”inDiccionari català-valencià-balear,Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]anteriormorf(pluralanteriores)
- anterior,previous
- Synonyms:precedente,previo
- Antonym:posterior
- (anatomy)anterior(nearer the forward end)
- Antonym:posterior
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “anterior”,inDicionario da Real Academia Galega(in Galician), A Coruña:Royal Galician Academy,since 2012
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]anterior(strong nominative masculine singularanteriorer,not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Positive forms ofanterior(uncomparable)
Further reading
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Comparative form of lost adjective*anterus,fromProto-Indo-European*h₂énteros.Related toante.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin)IPA(key):/anˈte.ri.or/,[än̪ˈt̪ɛriɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA(key):/anˈte.ri.or/,[än̪ˈt̪ɛːrior]
Adjective
[edit]anterior(neuteranterius);third declension(Late Latin)
Inflection
[edit]Third-declensioncomparative 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]Descendants ofanteriorin other languages
References
[edit]- “anterior”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
- anteriorinGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation:an‧te‧ri‧or
Adjective
[edit]anteriormorf(pluralanteriores)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “anterior”,inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa(in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam,2008–2024
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]BorrowedfromLatinanteriorandFrenchantérieur.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]anteriormorn(feminine singularanterioară,masculine pluralanteriori,feminine and neuter pluralanterioare)
Declension
[edit]Declension ofanterior
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]anteriormorf(masculine and feminine pluralanteriores)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “anterior”,inDiccionario de la lengua española,Vigésima tercera edición,Real Academia Española,2014
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