afore

Signification (Anglais)

Adv

1. (archaic, dialectal, not-comparable) Before, temporally.
2. (archaic, dialectal, not-comparable) Before, in front, spatially.
3. (archaic, dialectal, not-comparable) Before, in front, spatially.

Prep

1. Before; in advance of the time of.
2. Before; situated geographically or metaphorically in front of.

Conj

In advance of the time when; before.

Concepts

avant

précédemment

avant que

plus tôt

Synonymes

ago

previously

before

in the first place

previous to

prior

syne

before now

earlier than

tofore

earlier

ere

Traductions

zuvor

πριν

antes

antes de

abans que

enllà

قبلا

vorher

abans de

davor

més d’hora

προ

προτού

ενώπιον

abans

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/əˈfɔɹ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: afore

Hérité de ancien anglais: onforan

In summary

From Middle English afore, aforn, from Old English onforan or ætforan; equivalent to a- + fore.