aforementioned

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English a-

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-der.

Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂éy

Proto-Germanic *furai

Proto-Germanic *furai-

Proto-West Germanic *forē-

Old English fore-

Middle English fore-

English fore-

English afore-

English mentioned

English aforementioned

From afore- + mentioned.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈfɔːˌmɛn.ʃənd/, (nonstandard) /ˈæfəˌmɛn.ʃənd/, (nonstandard) /ˈæfɔːˌmɛn.ʃənd/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) 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.

   • Part 1 published in 1605, Part 2 in 1615, translated in 2003, Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Edith Grossman, Don Quixote, page 201:

     [T]hree of the five said animals which I left behind and which are in your grace's charge. These aforementioned three donkeys I hereby order immediately transferred as payment for others herewith received [...].

   • 2020, Ignaziano Lafluer Garnier, The Pretender One the Intender, Xlibris, →ISBN:

     The tombs where they lay, rested, and slept to problem solve amongst one another telepathically were secured to the deck by crisscrossing to center heavy stainless-steel chains’ that encapsulated and encased each of the aforementioned Gods, Goddesses, and Princessian High Priestesses.

   • 2025 June 26, Mandy Taheri, “Gay California Lawmaker Blasts 'Inflammatory' Pride resolution”, in Newsweek‎^[1]:

     DeMaio's problem with the resolution is in part related to the section calling out various anti-LBGTQ+ bills, which reads: "The aforementioned anti-LGBTQ+ bills disproportionately target TGI people and include efforts to prohibit access to lifesaving gender-affirming health care, […]

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.
• No verb *aforemention exists.

Synonyms

• above-mentioned
• abovementioned
• aforesaid
• mentioned

Antonyms

• following
• undermentioned

Related terms

• last-mentioned

Translations

previously mentioned — see also aforesaid,‎ abovesaid,‎ said,‎ cited

• Albanian: lartpërmendur (sq)
• Azerbaijani: sözügedən
• 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)
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: niisneamd

• 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), προαναφερόμενος (el) (proanaferómenos)
• Hindi: उपर्युक्त (hi) m (uparyukt), पूर्वोक्त (hi) (pūrvokt)
• 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
• Malay: tersebut
• Old English: foresprecen
• Polish: wyżej wspomniany, powyżej wspomniany, wcześniej wspomniany, wyżej wymieniony (pl), powyższy (pl)
• Portuguese: supracitado, sobredito (pt), já mencionado
• Russian: вышеупомя́нутый (ru) (vyšeupomjánutyj), вышеска́занный (ru) (vyšeskázannyj)
• Slovak: spomínaný, menovaný, spomenutý
• Spanish: ya mencionado
• Telugu: ముందు పేర్కొన్న (mundu pērkonna)
• Turkish: adı geçen, mezkûr (tr), sözü geçen, işbu (tr)
• Ukrainian: вищезга́даний (vyščezhádanyj)

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

• Polish: wspomniany, ów (pl), wymieniony (pl)
• 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