before

Etymology
, from, from + , from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Preposition

 * 1) Earlier than (in time).
 * 2) In front of in space.
 * 3) In the presence of.
 * He performed before the troops in North Africa.
 * He spoke before a joint session of Congress.
 * 1) Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone).
 * 2) In store for, in the future of (someone).
 * 3) In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items.
 * 4) At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking.
 * 1) In the presence of.
 * He performed before the troops in North Africa.
 * He spoke before a joint session of Congress.
 * 1) Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone).
 * 2) In store for, in the future of (someone).
 * 3) In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items.
 * 4) At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking.
 * 1) Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone).
 * 2) In store for, in the future of (someone).
 * 3) In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items.
 * 4) At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking.
 * 1) In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items.
 * 2) At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking.
 * 1) In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items.
 * 2) At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking.
 * 1) At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking.
 * 1) At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking.
 * 1) At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking.
 * 1) At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: قبل
 * Hijazi Arabic: قَبل
 * Moroccan Arabic: قبل
 * Armenian: ,
 * Aromanian: nãnti,, nãinti
 * Ashkun: nustāri
 * Azerbaijani:, , irəli
 * Bashkir: элек, борон, алда
 * Belarusian: да, пе́рад
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: abans de, abans que
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Cornish: kyns
 * Crimean Tatar: aldı, aldında
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dhivehi: އިސް
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: წინ, წინათ, -მდე, უწინ
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πρό
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: ennen
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish: roimh
 * Old Irish: ré
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kamkata-vari: nūštař
 * Kikai: 前
 * Korean: ,
 * Kunigami: 前
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Ladin:
 * badiot: dan
 * fascian: dant, inant
 * gherdëina: dan
 * Latin:
 * Low German: beför, fördem, fördęm, er
 * Macedonian: пред
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Maltese: qabel
 * Maori:
 * Maranao: mona
 * Marathi: ...-च्या अगोदर, ...-च्या आधी
 * Miyako: 前
 * Mongolian:
 * Norman: d'vànt qué
 * Northern Amami Ōshima: 前
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Okinawan: 前
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: прѣдъ
 * Old English: ǣr
 * Persian:, پیش از,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: antes de
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: avant
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scots: afore
 * Serbo-Croatian:, , прије, пре
 * Sinhalese: ඉස්සර
 * Slovak: pred
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: pśed
 * Southern Amami Ōshima: 前
 * Southern Ohlone: chien
 * Spanish: antes de, antes que
 * Swahili: kabla
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Telugu:, ముందుగాల
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan:
 * Tokunoshima: 前
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu: پہلے
 * Venetian:
 * Vietnamese:, trước khi
 * Waigali: nūst
 * Walloon: ,
 * Welsh:, o flaen
 * West Frisian: foar
 * Yaeyama: 前
 * Yonaguni: 前
 * Yoron: 前


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:, أَمَامَ, قُدَّامَ, بَيْنَ يَدَيْ
 * Moroccan Arabic: قدام, قبالة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Ashkun: nustāri
 * Bashkir: алдында,  алда
 * Belarusian: пе́рад
 * Breton: rag,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: წინ
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂
 * Greek: μπροστά σε, μπροστά από
 * Ancient: ἐνώπιον, ἔμπροσθεν
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: di depan
 * Ingrian: ees
 * Irish: os comhair, os coinne
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kamkata-vari: nūštař
 * Kikai: 前
 * Korean:
 * Kunigami: 前
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: پێش
 * Latin:, ,
 * Macedonian: пред
 * Malay: di depan
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Maltese: quddiem, qabel
 * Maore Comorian: mbeli za
 * Maori:
 * Miyako: 前
 * Norman: d'vànt,  d'vant
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk: føre, framanfor
 * Okinawan: 前
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: прѣдъ
 * Pijin: bifoa
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, em frente a, ,
 * Romanian:, în față
 * Romansch: avant
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: pred, пред
 * Slovak: pred
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: pśed
 * Southern Amami Ōshima: 前
 * Spanish:, frente a, enfrente de
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Telugu:, ఎదర
 * Tokunoshima: 前
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Waigali: nūst
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: o flaen, yng ngŵydd
 * Yaeyama: 前
 * Yonaguni: 前
 * Yoron: 前


 * German:
 * Irish: os coinne
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Korean:
 * Low German: för
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Slovak: pred
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Irish: faoi bhráid, os comhair
 * Polish:
 * Slovak: pred


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: ала
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: -მდე
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: roimh
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: پێش
 * Latin:
 * Low German: för
 * Malay:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: antes de
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: pred
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: pśed
 * Spanish: antes de
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu:
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Welsh: o flaen


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Slovak: nad
 * Swahili:


 * Breton: ,
 * Ido: (1),  (2)
 * Indonesian:, pra～
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish:
 * Manchu:

Adverb

 * 1) At an earlier time.
 * 2)  In advance in position or sequence; ahead.
 * 3)  At the front end.
 * 1)  In advance in position or sequence; ahead.
 * 2)  At the front end.
 * 1)  In advance in position or sequence; ahead.
 * 2)  At the front end.
 * 1)  At the front end.
 * 1)  At the front end.
 * 1)  At the front end.

Translations

 * Armenian:, նախկինում, անցյալում
 * Azerbaijani:, qabaqlar, , əvvəllər
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Crimean Tatar: aldında
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto: antaŭe
 * Faroese: áður, fyrr
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: ადრე, უწინ, წინად
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: ennen, ennemoin
 * Irish: cheana, roimhe sin
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer:, ពីមុន
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: لەمەوپێش
 * Latin:
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: roimhe
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Slovak: predtým
 * Slovene: prej
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: kabla,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Thai: เมื่อก่อน,
 * Tibetan:
 * Ukrainian: рані́ше
 * Venetian:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: o'r blaen, gynt, ynghynt


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: forud
 * Dutch: op voorhand,
 * Esperanto: antaŭe
 * Finnish: ,
 * Georgian: მანამდე
 * German: ,
 * Icelandic:, fyrirfram
 * Korean:
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: în avans
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: заздалегі́дь
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * Chechen: хьалха
 * Esperanto: antaŭe
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Ingush: хьалха
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: prězy


 * Old English:

Conjunction

 * 1) In advance of the time when.
 * 2)  Rather or sooner than.
 * 1)  Rather or sooner than.
 * 1)  Rather or sooner than.
 * 1)  Rather or sooner than.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: преди да
 * Catalan: abans que
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto:, antaŭ kiam
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: πρίν
 * Hausa: kafin
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: sula
 * Italian:
 * Korean: -기 전(前)-에
 * Latin:
 * Malayalam:, മുൻപെ,
 * Maltese: qabel
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: antes de que (subjunctive)
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: перш ніж, до то́го, як
 * Welsh:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: abans que
 * Danish: hellere
 * Dutch: eerder dan
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian: innanzi che
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Portuguese: antes que
 * Spanish: antes que
 * Swedish: