antecedente
التعريفات والمعاني
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin antecēdentem. By surface analysis, ante- + cedente.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /an.te.t͡ʃeˈdɛn.te/
Rhymes: -ɛnte
Hyphenation: an‧te‧ce‧dèn‧te
=== Participle ===
antecedente m or f by sense (plural antecedenti)
present participle of antecedere
=== Adjective ===
antecedente m or f by sense (plural antecedenti)
precedent, previous, antecedent
=== Noun ===
antecedente m (plural antecedenti)
antecedent
Synonym: precedente
==== Related terms ====
antecedentemente
antecedenza
== Latin ==
=== Participle ===
antecēdente
ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of antecēdēns
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin antecēdentem, from antecēdere (“to yield before”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: an‧te‧ce‧den‧te
=== Adjective ===
antecedente m or f (plural antecedentes)
antecedent
previous, prior
=== Further reading ===
“antecedente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“antecedente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin antecēdentem, from antecēdere (“to yield before”). Cognate with English antecedent.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /anteθeˈdente/ [ãn̪.t̪e.θeˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
IPA(key): /anteseˈdente/ [ãn̪.t̪e.seˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -ente
Syllabification: an‧te‧ce‧den‧te
=== Adjective ===
antecedente m or f (masculine and feminine plural antecedentes)
precedent
==== Derived terms ====
=== Noun ===
antecedente m (plural antecedentes)
precedent
antecedent
(in the plural) background
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“antecedente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025