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anti-

anti-

See also: anti and Anti

English

Prefix

anti-

  1. Against, hostile to.
    antiabortion
  2. Contrasting with the norm.
    antihero
  3. Opposite of, reverse.
    anticlockwise
  4. Physically opposite: applied to mountain ranges.
    Anti-Lebanon, Anti-Taurus, Anti-Atlas
  5. Counteracting, neutralizing.
    antibacterial
  6. Related to antiparticles.
    antimatter, antiatom
  7. (immunology) That reacts with immunoglobins found in the specified animal.
    antirabbit, antihorse

Usage notes

  • Anti- should not be confused with ante-, which is a prefix of Latin origin meaning before. (However, anti- does exist as a variant spelling of ante- in some borrowed words, such as anticipate and antipasto, but this spelling cannot be used to coin English words.)
  • Anti- sometimes becomes ant- before words beginning in a vowel.
    antacid

Antonyms

  • (against, hostile to): pro-

Derived terms

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Translations

See also


Catalan

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti

Dutch

Pronunciation

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived terms

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Finnish

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived terms

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French

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived terms

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German

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived terms

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, against).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒnti]
  • Hyphenation: an‧ti

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived terms

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See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian prefixes

References

  1. Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from English anti-, French anti-, German anti-, Italian anti-, Spanish anti-, Russian анти- (anti-), all ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈan.ti/

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-, contra-, counter- (for use mainly in scientific terms)
    anti- + toxino (toxin)antitoxino (antitoxin)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Category Ido words prefixed with anti- not found

Italian

Etymology

Latin ante (before)

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-
  2. ante-

Derived terms

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, against).

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived terms

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, against).

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived terms

References

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, against).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɐ̃ti/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɐ̃tʃi/, IPA(key): /ˈɐ̃tʃ/

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived terms

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, against).

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-; against, opposite, protecting against

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_words_prefixed_with_anti-'>Spanish words prefixed with anti-</a>