archaic
Of or characterized by antiquityOf or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
» This expression is archaic.
Dieser Ausdruck ist veraltet.
Это выражение устаревшее.
Meaning
3 sensesOf or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
archaisch, veraltet
архаи́чныйarxaíčnyj, дре́внийdrévnij, ста́рыйstáryj
архаї́чнийarxajíčnyj
No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity and still likely to be understood by well-educated speakers and are found in historical texts.
Belonging to the archaic period.
- little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
- so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
Examples
20 sentencesThis expression is archaic.
ruЭто выражение устаревшее.
deDieser Ausdruck ist veraltet.
His ideas are a little archaic.
This is an archaic grammatical construction.
The tombstone was very archaic-looking.
Ziri was using an archaic-looking walkie-talkie.
Translations
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Origin
From archaism (“ancient or obsolete phrase or expression”) or from French archaïque, ultimFrom archaism (“ancient or obsolete phrase or expression”) or from French archaïque, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀρχαϊκός (arkhaïkós, “old-fashioned”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “from the beginning, antiquated, ancient, old”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning, origin”), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “to be first”), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “to begin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”).
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Forms
more archaic, most archaic| Comparative | more archaic Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most archaic Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
6 synonyms- little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type:primitive
- so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period:antediluvianantiquated
Word family
20 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form