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-ante

-ante

See also: ante, Ante, Ánte, ānte, ante-, anté-, and an té

Dutch

Suffix

-ante m (plural -antes, masculine -ant)

  1. appended to the stem of a verb, it yields a noun which signifies the subject who performs the action of that verb (see agent noun)

Derived terms

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Esperanto

Suffix

-ante

  1. See -ant-

French

Suffix

-ante f

  1. feminine equivalent of -ant

Italian

Etymology

From Latin -āns, -āntem.

Suffix

-ante

  1. Used with a stem to form the present participle of regular -are verbs
  2. Used to form many adjectives whose form is the same for masculine and feminine

Derived terms

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Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin -āns, -āntem.

Suffix

-ante m, f

  1. Forms adjectives from verbs.

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_words_suffixed_with_-ante'>Spanish words suffixed with -ante</a>

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