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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 (plural antecedenti)
- present participle of antecedere
Adjective
antecedente (plural antecedenti)
- precedent, previous, antecedent
Noun
antecedente m (plural antecedenti)
- antecedent
- Synonym: precedente
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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
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin antecēdentem, from antecēdere (“to yield before”). Cognate with English antecedent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /anteθeˈdente/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /anteseˈdente/
- 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
No juzgue a una persona por sus antecedentes familiares.- Don't judge a person by his or her family background.
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