Anterior — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a tooth situated at the front of the mouth

of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæɾeɪlˌɛptɔɪd/

🇬🇧British English

/antˈiəɹɪəɹ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/antˈiəɹɪəɹ/

3 syllables Say it as /kˈæɾeɪlˌɛptɔɪd/.

Examples

his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

prior front tooth

Antonyms

posterior

Parts of Speech

noun	a tooth situated at the front of the mouth “his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors”
adjective	of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body
adjective	earlier in time

Word Forms

anterior	adjective	of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body
anterior	noun	a tooth situated at the front of the mouth
anteriority	noun	the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head
priority	noun	preceding in time

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

antérieur

une dent située à l'avant de la bouche

🇮🇹Italian

anteriore

un dente situato nella parte anteriore della bocca

🇳🇱Dutch

voorste

een tand die zich aan de voorkant van de mond bevindt

🇷🇺Russian

передний

зуб, расположенный в передней части рта

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पूर्वकाल का

मुँह के सामने स्थित एक दाँत

🇧🇩Bengali

পূর্ববর্তী

মুখের সামনের অংশে অবস্থিত একটি দাঁত

🇮🇳Tamil

முன்புறம்

வாயின் முன்புறத்தில் அமைந்துள்ள ஒரு பல்

🇮🇳Telugu

ముందు

నోటి ముందు భాగంలో ఉన్న ఒక పంటి

🇮🇳Marathi

आधीचा

तोंडाच्या पुढच्या बाजूला असलेला दात

🇮🇳Gujarati

અગ્રવર્તી

મોઢાના આગળના ભાગમાં આવેલો દાંત

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮುಂಭಾಗದ

ಬಾಯಿಯ ಮುಂಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವ ಹಲ್ಲು

🇮🇳Malayalam

മുൻഭാഗം

വായയുടെ മുൻഭാഗത്ത് സ്ഥിതി ചെയ്യുന്ന ഒരു പല്ല്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਗਲਾ

ਮੂੰਹ ਦੇ ਅਗਲੇ ਪਾਸੇ ਸਥਿਤ ਇੱਕ ਦੰਦ

🇵🇰Urdu

اگلا

منہ کے سامنے کا دانت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

前部

位于嘴前部的牙齿

🇯🇵Japanese

前部

口の前にある歯

🇰🇷Korean

전의

입 앞쪽에 위치한 치아

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phía trước

một chiếc răng nằm ở phía trước miệng

🇹🇭Thai

ข้างหน้า

ฟันที่อยู่ด้านหน้าปาก

🇮🇩Indonesian

depan

gigi yang terletak di bagian depan mulut

🇵🇭Filipino

nauuna

isang ngipin na matatagpuan sa harap ng bibig

🇲🇾Malay

hadapan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الأمامي

سن يقع في الجزء الأمامي من الفم

🇮🇷Persian

قدامی

دندانی که در جلوی دهان قرار دارد

🇹🇷Turkish

ön

ağzın ön kısmında yer alan bir diş

🇮🇱Hebrew

קִדמִי

שן הממוקמת בקדמת הפה

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