avanti

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See also: Avanti

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin ab ante.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈvan.ti/
  • Rhymes: -anti
  • Hyphenation: a‧vàn‧ti

Adjective

avanti (invariable)

  1. (dated, of time units, follows noun) previous, prior, last
    La settimana avanti. ― Last week.

Adverb

avanti

  1. forward, ahead, onward
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXI, p. 321 vv. 91-93:
      Per ch'io mi mossi e a lui venni ratto, ¶ e i diavoli si fecer tutti avanti, ¶ sì ch'io temetti ch'ei tenesser patto; [...]
      Wherefore I started and came swiftly to him, ¶ and all the devils forward thrust themselves, ¶ so that I feared they would not keep their compact;
  2. (dated, rare) before, ere (followed by di or che)
    Deve pensare molto avanti di decidere. ― He needs to think a lot before deciding.
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto III, p. 45 vv. 118-120:
      Così sen vanno su per l'onda bruna, ¶ e avanti che sien di là discese, ¶ anche di qua nuova schiera s'auna.
      So they depart across the dusky wave, ¶ and ere upon the other side they land ¶ again on this side a new troop assembles.
  3. (dated, rare) rather than (followed by che)
    Vorrei morire avanti che commettere una simile azione. ― I'd rather die than doing such a thing.

Derived terms

Interjection

avanti

  1. come in!
  2. come on! (expressing encouragement)
  3. go on!
  4. next

Preposition

avanti

  1. (dated, rare) before, in front of (a place) (may or may not be followed by a)
    Synonyms: (all more common) davanti, dinanzi, innanzi
    Avanti a lui. ― In front of him.
    Avanti casa. ― In front of the house.
  2. (dated) before (in time)
    Synonyms: (more common) prima, (rare) innanzi
    Avanti l'alba. ― Before dawn.

Derived terms

Noun

avanti m (invariable)

  1. (soccer, rugby, water polo) player whose main objective is scoring points; forward

References

  1. ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

Further reading

  • avanti in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • avanti in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • avanti in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • avanti in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • avanti in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • avanti in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • avanti in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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