anterior

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal.
  2. (of a part of a flower or leaf) Situated further away from the mainstem.
  3. Pronounced with an obstruction located in front of the palato-alveolar region of the mouth, e.g. b, p, d, t.
  4. Coming before or earlier in time or development, prior to, preceding.

Pronunciation

/anˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/ /ænˈtɪɹ.i.ɚ/ en-us-anterior.ogg

Word forms

anterior anteriour

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anterior (“that is before, foremost”).

Translations

Arabic: أَمَامِيّ Bulgarian: преден Catalan: anterior Chinese Mandarin: 前部 Esperanto: antaŭa Finnish: etummainen Finnish: etu- Finnish: anteriorinen French: antérieur Galician: anterior German: frontal German: vorder Greek: πρόσθιος Indonesian: anterior Italian: anteriore Portuguese: anterior Romanian: anterior Russian: передний Spanish: anterior Swedish: främre Ukrainian: пере́дній
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