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Meaning of "archaic" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ARCHAIC

From French archaïque, from Greek arkhaïkos, from arkhaios ancient, from arkhē beginning, from arkhein to begin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ARCHAIC

archaic  [ɑːˈkeɪɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARCHAIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Archaic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ARCHAIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of archaic in the English dictionary

The first definition of archaic in the dictionary is belonging to or characteristic of a much earlier period; ancient. Other definition of archaic is out of date; antiquated. Archaic is also characteristic of an earlier period of a language and not in ordinary use.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ARCHAIC


Alcaic
ælˈkeɪɪk
algebraic
ˌældʒɪˈbreɪɪk
allogeneic
ˈælədʒəˌneɪɪk
Altaic
ælˈteɪɪk
apotropaic
ˌæpəʊtrəˈpeɪɪk
Aramaic
ˌærəˈmeɪɪk
deltaic
delˈteɪɪk
formulaic
ˌfɔːmjʊˈleɪɪk
Hebraic
hɪˈbreɪɪk
Judaic
dʒuːˈdeɪɪk
laic
ˈleɪɪk
maleic
məˈleɪɪk
mosaic
məˈzeɪɪk
photomosaic
ˌfəʊtəʊməˈzeɪɪk
photovoltaic
ˌfəʊtəʊvɒlˈteɪɪk
prosaic
prəʊˈzeɪɪk
Ptolemaic
ˌtɒlɪˈmeɪɪk
trochaic
trəʊˈkeɪɪk
voltaic
vɒlˈteɪɪk
xenogeneic
ˌzɛnəʊdʒɪˈneɪɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARCHAIC

archaeometric
archaeometrist
archaeometry
archaeopteryx
archaeornis
Archaeozoic
archaeozoologist
archaeozoology
archaeus
archaezoology
archaically
archaicism
archaise
archaiser
archaism
archaist
archaistic
archaize
archaizer
archangel

WORDS THAT END LIKE ARCHAIC

Biblical Aramaic
Chaldaic
choleraic
craic
Cyrenaic
dispondaic
Eddaic
faradaic
mesaraic
Mishnaic
Mithraic
paradisaic
premosaic
Romaic
saic
Sinaic
spondaic
stanzaic
stenopaic
Ural-Altaic

Synonyms and antonyms of archaic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ARCHAIC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «archaic» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of archaic

Translation of «archaic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARCHAIC

Find out the translation of archaic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of archaic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «archaic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

陈旧的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arcaico
570 millions of speakers

English

archaic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पुरातन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قديمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

архаичная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

arcaico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সেকেলে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

archaïque
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kuno
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

veraltet
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ごく古い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고풍의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Archaic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xưa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொன்மையான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुरातन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

arkaik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

arcaico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

archaiczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

архаїчна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

arhaic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αρχαϊκή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

argaïese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

arkaiska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

arkaisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of archaic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARCHAIC»

The term «archaic» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.845 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ARCHAIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «archaic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «archaic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about archaic

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10 QUOTES WITH «ARCHAIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word archaic.
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Andrew Bird
I guess I'm attracted to more archaic words because they can be imbued with more meaning, because their definition is elusive.
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Beth Ditto
This archaic idea - that a woman who is unmarried and childless at 30 is somehow unnatural - will probably always exist, and, like most social standards, it is ridiculous.
3
Billy Gibbons
The rawness and the richness of music on vinyl almost went away, but it still seems to be on a lot of people's radar, and for good reason. It does something different than more accessible means of music playing, like MP3 players and downloads and whatnot. You get in front of these archaic contraptions that go 'round and 'round.
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Philip Guston
Painting and sculpture are very archaic forms. It's the only thing left in our industrial society where an individual alone can make something with not just his own hands, but brains, imagination, heart maybe.
5
Dee Hock
Every mind is a room packed with archaic furniture.
6
Brad Holland
Surrealism: An archaic term. Formerly an art movement. No longer distinguishable from everyday life.
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Philip Kaufman
What's really interesting about that is that a lot of these words that were incendiary in their time now seem almost harmless and laughable, because they have this archaic quality.
8
Raymond Loewy
The world is filled with archaic objects - mailboxes which look like alarm boxes, banks which look like places to break out of rather than places to enter.
9
Cynthia Payne
Galvanised into action by the second trial, I was determined to change Britain's archaic sex laws.
10
Bridget Riley
Painting is, I think, inevitably an archaic activity and one that depends on spiritual values.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARCHAIC»

Discover the use of archaic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to archaic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Archaic Bookkeeping: Early Writing and Techniques of ...
Complete with computer-generated graphics keyed to the discussion and reproductions of all documents referred to in the text, Archaic Bookkeeping will interest specialists in Near Eastern civilizations, ancient history, the history of ...
Hans J. Nissen, 1993
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Archaic Greek Epigram and Dedication: Representation and ...
In order to reconstruct the Archaic experience of reading and viewing, the book draws on studies of traditional poetic language as resonant with immanent meaning, early Greek poetry as socially and religiously effective performance, and ...
Joseph W. Day, 2010
3
Myths of the Archaic State: Evolution of the Earliest ...
Presents a new multi-layered model for the evolution of ancient societies.
Norman Yoffee, 2005
4
Pederasty and Pedagogy in Archaic Greece
Combining impeccable scholarship with accessible, straightforward prose, Pederasty and Pedagogy in Archaic Greece argues that institutionalized pederasty began after 650 B.C., far later than previous authors have thought, and was initiated ...
William A. Percy, 1998
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Archaic and Classical Greece: A Selection of Ancient Sources ...
A sourcebook in translation covering the history of Greece from archaic times through to the rise of Philip of Macedon. Sources translated are mainly the Greek historians themselves.
Michael H. Crawford, David Whitehead, 1983
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Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy
Describes the beliefs, rituals, and symbols of shamanism and explores its practice in various cultures and influence on religious tradition Shamanism is preeminently a religious phenomenon of Siberia and Central Asia; throughout this vast ...
Mircea Eliade, 1964
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Archaic Times to the End of the Peloponnesian War
Covers the period which begins with the era of Greek colonization and ends with the close of the Peloponnesian War in 404 B. C.
Charles W. Fornara, 1983
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Archaic and Classical Choral Song: Performance, Politics and ...
Biographical note: Lucia Athanassaki,University of Crete, Greece; Ewen Bowie, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, UK.
Lucia Athanassaki, Ewen Bowie, 2011
9
Archaic Greek Poetry: An Anthology
With this anthology, Barbara Hughes Fowler presents a comprehensive selection of Greek poetry of the 7th and 6th centuries BC. Fowler's translations provide access to six Homeric hymns, eight selections from Bakchylides, 11 odes of Pindar, ...
Barbara Hughes Fowler, 1992
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The Eastern Archaic, Historicized
The Eastern Archaic, Historicized offers an alternative perspective on the genesis and transformation of cultural diversity over eight millennia of hunter-gatherer dwelling in eastern North America.
Kenneth E. Sassaman, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARCHAIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term archaic is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Archaic' Delhi Rent Control Act 1958 – a boon for shopkeeper …
Many landlords like Pershad say that they earn a pittance from properties that are worth crores of rupees because of the 'archaic' Delhi Rent ... «I am in dna of India, Jul 15»
2
Instagram photos are now bigger — if you know where to look
Just over a week ago, I wrote plaintively about Instagram's archaic 640 x 640 resolution and the need to move with the times and give users the ... «The Verge, Jul 15»
3
E-Tolls: Mind the Gap
That archaic communication between brands and consumers belongs in museums. The people who act like that belong in museums too. «The Citizen, Jul 15»
4
Inside Kylie Jenner's £1.73m Calabasas house in Los Angeles
Wooden beams and impressively high ceilings with archaic features form the backdrop to Kylie's use of neutral tones and minimalism. Celebrity ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
5
Quiz: how well do you know your Silicon Valley lingo?
There is more to mastering tech jargon than understanding archaic terms like USB and HTML. The flourishing startup culture in the US and ... «Wired.co.uk, Jul 15»
6
A Sask. First Nation success story
To stimulate economic growth, Chief Bear knew he had to get his community out from under the archaic Indian Act land provisions. "The Indian ... «Regina Leader-Post, Jul 15»
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Dentist body bag sparks debate: 'Brutal archaic' papoose board …
A dentist body bag, which is known as a papoose board, has sparked a huge debate after a child's horrifying experience was brought to the ... «Examiner.com, Jul 15»
8
PIL to replace 'archaic' Urdu words from police proceedings
Delhi High Court today sought responses of the Centre and city police on a plea seeking directions to replace "archaic and difficult words and ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
9
Child poverty is thankfully not rising – but the archaic definition …
Paul Ormerod is an economist at Volterra Partners, a visiting professor at the UCL Centre for Decision Making Uncertainty, and author of ... «City A.M., Jul 15»
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Digby Scallop Days breaks from Apple Blossom tradition over …
"We looked at the rules and they were so old and archaic," he said, speaking of the Apple Blossom Festival. "They left a lot of girls out. So, we ... «CBC.ca, Jun 15»

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