"-ante" meaning in Italian

See -ante in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈan.te/ Forms: participle-forming suffix [present], -anti [plural]
Rhymes: -ante Etymology: From Latin -antem. Etymology templates: {{etymon|it|:der|la:-ans|id=participle}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "present active participle", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-onts", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ns", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ans", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "-ante", "lang" : "it" }" data-id="participle" data-lang="it" data-title="-ante" id="Italian:_participle">, {{der|it|la|-ans|-antem}} Latin -antem
  1. used with a stem to form the present participle of regular -are verbs Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine, morpheme Coordinate_terms: -ente
    Sense id: en--ante-it-suffix-0iwNw0bg Categories (other): Italian suffixes with multiple genders Disambiguation of Italian suffixes with multiple genders: 46 54

Suffix

IPA: /ˈan.te/ Forms: -anti [plural], -anti [plural]
Rhymes: -ante Etymology: From Latin -antem. Etymology templates: {{etymon|it|:der|la:-ans|id=participle}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "present active participle", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-onts", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ns", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ans", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "-ante", "lang" : "it" }" data-id="participle" data-lang="it" data-title="-ante" id="Italian:_participle">, {{der|it|la|-ans|-antem}} Latin -antem Head templates: {{it-adj}} -ante m or f by sense (adjective-forming suffix, plural -anti), {{it-noun|mfbysense}} -ante m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -anti)
  1. added to -are verbs to form agentive adjectives and agent nouns Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine, morpheme Coordinate_terms: -ente
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Download raw JSONL data for -ante meaning in Italian (5.6kB)

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