afore

== English == === Alternative forms === affor (obsolete) avore (obsolete, poetic) === Etymology === From Middle English afore, aforn, from Old English onforan or ætforan; equivalent to a- +‎ fore. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /əˈfoɹ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈfɔː/ (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /əˈfo(ː)ɹ/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /əˈfoə/ (Geordie) IPA(key): /əˈfɔr/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) === Adverb === afore (not comparable) (archaic, dialect) Before, temporally. (archaic, dialect) Before, in front, spatially. (nautical) In the fore part of a ship. === Preposition === afore Before; in advance of the time of. Before; situated geographically or metaphorically in front of. === Conjunction === afore In advance of the time when; before. === Derived terms === afore- afore-enumerated afore-explained aforeness aforementioned === References === Scott Dobson, Dick Irwin, “afore”, in Newcastle 1970s: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group‎[1], archived from the original on 5 September 2024. === Anagrams === Faroe, e-fora == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaː.fɔ.rɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.fo.re] === Verb === āfore future active infinitive of absum == Middle English == === Alternative forms === affor, affore, afor, a-fore, avore === Etymology === From Old English onforan or ætforan; equivalent to a- +‎ fore. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈfɔːr(ə)/ === Adverb === afore before; afore === Preposition === afore before; afore: in advance of the time of c. 1370–1450, Laurence de Premierfait, Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes, as quoted in Lydgate's Fall of Princes (1923, The Carnegie Institution of Washington): before; afore: situated geographically or metaphorically in front of 1399, Rich. Redeless IV, 72 === Conjunction === afore before; afore: in advance of the time when ==== Descendants ==== English: afore Scots: afore Yola: avar, avare ==== References ==== “afōre, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑːˌfoː.re/ === Verb === āfōre second-person singular preterite indicative of āfaran == Portuguese == === Verb === afore inflection of aforar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English afore, aforn, from Old English onforan or ætforan; equivalent to a- +‎ fore. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈfoːr/ === Adverb === afore (not comparable) (of place) before, in front (of time) before, previously, in advance === Preposition === afore (of place) before, in front of (of time) before === Conjunction === afore (of place) before, rather than === References === “afore, adv., prep., conj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online. == Spanish == === Verb === afore inflection of aforar (“to gauge, to measure”): first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative