anti

See also: Anti and anti-

English

Etymology

Conversion of the prefix anti- to an adjective.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæn.ti/
  • Rhymes: -ænti
  • Homophone: auntie (in some accents)

Adjective

anti (comparative more anti, superlative most anti)

  1. Opposed to something.
  2. (chemistry) That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°

Coordinate terms

  • (chemistry): syn

Translations

Noun

anti (plural antis)

  1. A person opposed to a concept or principle.

Antonyms

Translations

Preposition

anti

  1. (rare) Alternative form of anti-

See also

Anagrams


Finnish

Etymology

From the root of antaa. Cognate with Estonian and.

Noun

anti

  1. (finance) offering, issue (of shares, bonds etc).
  2. the achieved outcome or result (of a meeting etc.)

Declension

Inflection of anti (Kotus type 5/risti, nt-nn gradation)
nominative anti annit
genitive annin antien
partitive antia anteja
illative antiin anteihin
singular plural
nominative anti annit
accusative nom. anti annit
gen. annin
genitive annin antien
partitive antia anteja
inessive annissa anneissa
elative annista anneista
illative antiin anteihin
adessive annilla anneilla
ablative annilta anneilta
allative annille anneille
essive antina anteina
translative anniksi anneiksi
instructive annein
abessive annitta anneitta
comitative anteineen

Anagrams


Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈan.ti/, [ˈän̪t̪i]
  • Hyphenation: àn‧ti

Adverb

anti (obsolete)

  1. Alternative form of ante (all senses)
    • 13th century, Guido Guinizelli, Al cor gentil rempaira sempre amore (Gianfranco Contini, Poeti del Duecento, Riccardo Ricciardi (1960), vol. 2, p.461):
      [...] né fe’ amor anti che gentil core ¶ né gentil core anti ch’amor, natura: [...]
      [...] neither before the gentle heart was Love ¶ nor Love ere gentle heart by Nature made: [...]
    • 1282, Restoro d'Arezzo, La composizione del mondo colle sue cascioni, Accademia della Crusca (1976), p. 174:
      [...] sapemo bene che l'acqua non se stregne e ghiacia e·lloco caldo, anti se ghiacia e·lloco là o' non pò lo sole, molto fredissimo [...]
      [...] we know well that water does not contract and freeze in a hot place, rather it freezes in a very cold place, where the Sun cannot [reach] [...]

Old High German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anti/

Conjunction

anti

  1. and

References

  1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

Portuguese

Adjective

anti (invariable, comparable)

  1. (chemistry) anti (that has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°)

Quechua

Adjective

anti

  1. eastern

Noun

anti

  1. east

Declension

Synonyms

  • intichay

Coordinate terms


Spanish

Adjective

anti (plural antis)

  1. anti-, opposing

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English auntie.

Noun

anti

  1. aunt (polite term for any woman a generation older than oneself)

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English aunty, auntie.

Noun

anti

  1. paternal aunt; one's father's sister
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