English Explanatory Dictionary

pre-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Before; physically in front of.
  2. Synonym of anterior.
  3. Before; earlier in time; beforehand.

Pronunciation

/pɹɛ/ /pɹiː/ /pɹi/ /pɹɪ/ en-us-pre-.ogg

Word forms

pre- prae- præ- p͛-

Etymology

From Middle English pre-, borrowed from Latin prae-, from the preposition prae (“before”).

Synonyms

ante- fore- anterior

Antonyms

post- after-

Related words

fore pre

Derived words

pré- precocious precognition predate pre-existing prefix preheat premonition pre-op pre-operative preposition prequel presage preview previous pre-war

Translations

Armenian: նախա- Catalan: pre- Chinese Mandarin: 前- Chinese Mandarin: -前 Chinese Mandarin: 預- /预- Czech: před- Esperanto: antaŭ- Finnish: etu- Finnish: esi- French: pré- French: d'avant French: avant Galician: pre- German: vor- German: prä- Greek: προ- Hebrew: טְרוֹם Hebrew: קְדַם Hindi: पूर्व Ido: pre- Indonesian: pra- Italian: pre- Malay: pra- Malayalam: മുൻ- Norwegian Bokmål: pre- Norwegian Nynorsk: pre- Persian: پیش- Polish: przed Portuguese: pre- Portuguese: pré- Russian: до- Russian: пред- Russian: пре- Scottish Gaelic: ro- Spanish: pre- Swedish: pre- Swedish: för- Tagalog: dipa- Tatar: алдан-
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