aforementioned

English

Etymology

From afore- +‎ mentioned.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈfɔːˌmɛn.ʃənd/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈfɔɹˌmɛn.ʃənd/, (nonstandard) /ˈæfəɹˌmɛn.ʃənd/, (nonstandard) /ˈæfɔɹˌmɛn.ʃənd/

Adjective

aforementioned (not comparable)

1. Previously mentioned.

   It wasn't until later that we realized that the aforementioned caller and this taciturn man were the same person.

Usage notes

When it modifies a noun phrase, it is generally preceded by the definite article the, and the combination functions as a determiner rather than a simple adjective. It can also occur before a cardinal as in the aforementioned two papers instead of the two aforementioned papers, though the latter is also acceptable.

Synonyms

• above-mentioned
• abovementioned
• aforesaid
• mentioned

Antonyms

• following
• undermentioned

Related terms

• last-mentioned

Translations

previously mentioned

• Bulgarian: гореспоменат (gorespomenat)
• Catalan: abans esmentat, ja esmentat
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 上述的 (zh) (shàngshù de)

• Czech: výše zmíněný
• Danish: førnævnt
• Dutch: voorgenoemde
• Finnish: edellä mainittu (fi)
• French: susmentionné (fr)
• Galician: devandito, antedito
• Georgian: ზემოთხსენებული (zemotxsenebuli), ზემოხსენებული (zemoxsenebuli), ზემონახსენები (zemonaxsenebi), ზემოაღნიშნული (zemoaɣnišnuli), ზემოთქმული (zemotkmuli), ზემოდასახელებული (zemodasaxelebuli), ზემონაჩვენები (zemonačvenebi), ზემოთ გადმოცემული (zemot gadmocemuli), ზემოთ მოხსენიებული (zemot moxseniebuli), ზემოთ თქმული (zemot tkmuli), ზემოთ ხსენებული (zemot xsenebuli)
• German: obenerwähnt, vorher erwähnt, obengenannt, oben genannt, vorstehend (de)
• Greek: προαναφερθείς m (proanafertheís), προειρημένος (el) m (proeiriménos), προλεχθείς m (prolechtheís)
• Hungarian: említett (hu), fent említett (hu)
• Italian: suddetto (it) m, suddetta (it) f, sopraccennato m, anzidetto m, sopraccitato m
• Japanese: 前述の (ja) (ぜんじゅつの, zenjutsu no)
• Korean: 상기(上記) (ko) (sanggi)
• Latin: supradictus m
• Old English: foresprecen
• Polish: wyżej wspomniany, powyżej wspomniany, wcześniej wspomniany, wyżej wymieniony
• Portuguese: supracitado, sobredito (pt), já mencionado
• Russian: вышеупомя́нутый (ru) (vyšeupomjánutyj), вышеска́занный (ru) (vyšeskázannyj)
• Slovak: spomínaný, menovaný, spomenutý
• Spanish: ya mencionado, antedicho (es), sobredicho, susodicho (es), citado (es), dicho (es)
• Telugu: ముందు పేర్కొన్న (mundu pērkonna)
• Turkish: adı geçen, mezkûr (tr), sözü geçen, işbu (tr)
• Ukrainian: вищезга́даний (vyščezhádanyj)
• West Frisian: niisneamd

See also

• hereinbefore
• heretofore

Noun

aforementioned (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) The one or ones mentioned previously.

   The judge read a list of prisoners' names. She then indicated that the aforementioned were to be set free.

Synonyms

• abovementioned
• aforesaid
• mentioned

Antonyms

• following
• undermentioned

Translations

one or ones mentioned previously

• Dutch: eerder vernoemde, voornoemde (nl)
• French: suscité (fr), ledit (fr)
• German: das oben erwähnte, das vorher erwähnte
• Japanese: 前述 (ja) (ぜんじゅつ, zenjutsu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: førstnevnte

• Portuguese: supracitado m, sobredito (pt) m, acima mencionado m
• Slovak: spomínaný, menovaný, spomenutý
• Swedish: förutnämnda, tidigare (sv) nämnda (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} diterangkan sebelumnya
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} mentionate previemente, ^{(please verify)} mentionate supra