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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese deante, from de + enante. Enante from Late Latin in ante, from Latin in + ante. Cognate with Portuguese diante, Asturian, Leonese and Mirandese delantre and Spanish delante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdjante̝/, /diˈante̝/
Adverb
diante
- before
- ahead
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “diante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “diante”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “diante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “diante”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “diante”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese deante, from de + enante. Enante from Late Latin in ante, from Latin in ante. Cognate with Galician diante, Asturian, Leonese, and Mirandese delantre and Spanish delante.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.te/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.te/
Adverb
diante
- in front of
- before
- ahead
- daqui em diante ― from now on
Derived terms
Further reading