earlier

English

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɝliɚ/
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(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɜː.lɪə/
Hyphenation: ear‧li‧er

Adjective

earlier

comparative form of early: more early
occurring previously
I shall be late because I missed the earlier train.

Translations

comparative of early

Danish: tidligere
Dutch: eerder (nl)
Finnish: aiempi (fi), aikaisempi (fi)
Greek: νωρίτερος m (noríteros)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tidligere (no)

Polish: wcześniej (pl)
Portuguese: mais cedo
Russian: бо́лее ра́нний (bóleje ránnij)
Swedish: tidigare (sv)

occurring previously

Danish: tidligere
Esperanto: antaŭa
Finnish: aiempi (fi), aikaisempi (fi)
Greek: προηγούμενος (el) m (proïgoúmenos)
Italian: precedente (it)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: tidligere (no)
Portuguese: precedente (pt), anterior (pt)
Swedish: tidigare (sv)

Adverb

earlier

comparative form of early: more early
previously; before now; sooner
I shall be late because I didn't start earlier.

Translations

comparitive of early and of soon

Chinese:
Mandarin: 前一陣, 前一阵 (qián yīzhèn)
Finnish: aikaisemmin (fi), aiemmin (fi), varhemmin (fi)
French: plus tôt
Georgian: ადრე (adre)

German: früher (de), eher (de)
Italian: prima (it)
Russian: ра́ньше (ru) (ránʹše), ра́нее (ru) (ráneje)
Swedish: tidigare (sv)

previously; before now; sooner

Esperanto: antaŭe
Finnish: aikaisemmin (fi), aiemmin (fi)
French: plus tôt

Italian: prima (it)
Swedish: tidigare (sv)

Anagrams

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