främre

Främre is a Swedish adjective meaning front or anterior. It is used to describe the position of a part relative to the front or forward-facing side of an object, organism, or structure. The term is common in anatomy and medicine to indicate an anterior position, but it also appears in everyday language to denote the front part of something.

In anatomical and clinical contexts, främre commonly corresponds to anterior or ventral in human anatomy, depending on the orientation being described. For example, a clinician may refer to the “främre delen av hjärtat” to denote the front portion of the heart. In zoology or comparative anatomy, it can indicate the front end of an organism or a limb. In botany, the term may describe the front-facing or outward side of a plant feature, though more specific terminology is often preferred in scientific descriptions.

Beyond technical usage, främre appears in everyday Swedish to describe the frontmost position of objects or spaces, such as the front row (främre raden) in a theater or the front part of a building (främre delen av huset). The opposite term is bakre, meaning rear or posterior.

Främre is used flexibly across contexts to convey relative position rather than a fixed anatomical plane, and its precise interpretation can depend on the domain and the reference frame being used. Related terms include framsida (front side) and främre extremitet (front limb) in more specialized descriptions.