anachronism

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: ənăkʹrənĭzm
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: ənăkʹrənĭzəm
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /əˈnæ.kɹə.nɪ.z(ə)m/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-) Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Ancient Greek χρονῐ́ζω (khronĭ́zō) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰχρονῐ́ζομαι (ănăkhronĭ́zomai) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰχρονῐσμός (ănăkhronĭsmós)der. New Latin anachronismusder. English anachronism From New Latin anachronismus, from Ancient Greek ἀναχρονισμός (anakhronismós), from ἀναχρονίζομαι (anakhronízomai, “referring to the wrong time”), from ἀνά (aná, “up against”) + χρονίζω (khronízō, “spending time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). Analyzable as ana- + chrono- + -ism.

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: անախրոնիզմ (anaxronizm) — chronological mistake
• Belarusian: анахранізм (anaxranizm) — chronological mistake
• Bulgarian: анахрони́зъм (anahronízǎm) — chronological mistake
• Catalan: anacronisme — chronological mistake
• Chinese Mandarin: 不合時宜 /不合时宜 (bùhéshíyí) — chronological mistake
• Chinese Mandarin: 時空錯位 /时空错位 (shíkōngcuòwèi) — chronological mistake
• Danish: anakronism — chronological mistake
• Dutch: anachronisme — chronological mistake
• Esperanto: anakronismo — chronological mistake
• Esperanto: dateraro — chronological mistake
• Finnish: ajoitusvirhe — chronological mistake
• French: anachronisme — chronological mistake
• Galician: anacronismo — chronological mistake
• German: Anachronismus — chronological mistake
• Greek: αναχρονισμός (anachronismós) — chronological mistake
• Ancient Greek: ἀναχρονισμός (anakhronismós) — chronological mistake
• Hungarian: időrendi tévedés — chronological mistake
• Hungarian: anakronizmus — chronological mistake
• Hungarian: időzavar — chronological mistake
• Hungarian: kortévesztés — chronological mistake
• Indonesian: anakronisme — chronological mistake
• Irish: mí-aimsearthacht — chronological mistake
• Irish: anacrónachas — chronological mistake
• Irish: iomrall aimsire — chronological mistake
• Italian: anacronismo — chronological mistake
• Japanese: 時代錯誤 (jidai sakugo) — chronological mistake
• Korean: 시대 착오 (sidae chago) — chronological mistake
• Ladino: anakronizmo — chronological mistake
• Macedonian: анахрони́зам (anahronízam) — chronological mistake
• Manx: mee-emshiraght — chronological mistake
• Polish: anachronizm — chronological mistake
• Polish: anachroniczność — chronological mistake
• Portuguese: anacronismo — chronological mistake
• Romanian: anacronism — chronological mistake
• Russian: анахрони́зм (anaxronízm) — chronological mistake
• Serbo-Croatian: анакронѝзам — chronological mistake
• Serbo-Croatian: анахронѝзам — chronological mistake
• Serbo-Croatian: anakronìzam — chronological mistake
• Serbo-Croatian: anahronìzam — chronological mistake
• Spanish: anacronismo — chronological mistake
• Spanish: anacronía — chronological mistake
• Swedish: anakronism — chronological mistake
• Turkish: anakronizm — chronological mistake
• Turkish: çağaşım — chronological mistake
• Turkish: zamandışılık — chronological mistake
• Ukrainian: анахроні́зм (anaxronízm) — chronological mistake
• Bulgarian: анахрони́зъм (anahronízǎm) — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• Catalan: anacronisme — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• Czech: anachronismus — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• Danish: anakronisme — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• Finnish: anakronismi — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• Galician: anacronismo — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• German: Anachronismus — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• Greek: αναχρονισμός (anachronismós) — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• Indonesian: anakronisme — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• Japanese: 時代錯誤 (jidai sakugo) — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• Ladino: anakronizmo — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• Macedonian: анахрони́зам (anahronízam) — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• Norwegian Bokmål: anakronisme — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• Norwegian Nynorsk: anakronisme — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• Polish: anachronizm — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• Polish: anachroniczność — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• Portuguese: anacronismo — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• Romanian: anacronism — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• Russian: анахрони́зм (anaxronízm) — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• Russian: пережи́ток (perežítok) — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• Serbo-Croatian: анакронѝзам — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• Serbo-Croatian: anakronìzam — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• Spanish: anacronismo — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• Spanish: anacronía — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
• Turkish: zaman aşımı — person or thing which seems to belong to a different time