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• /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
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• /ˈeɪŋk.ʃənt/
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• dialectal: /ˈæn.ʃənt/
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• dialectal: /ˈæn.t͡ʃənt/
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• CMU ARPABET: EY1 N CH AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English auncyen, from Old French ancien, from Vulgar Latin *anteānus, composed of Latin ante (“before”) + -ānus (adjective-forming suffix). The non-etymological excrescent /t/ is by analogy with the common ending -ent.

Corruption of ensign.

296 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: i lashtë — having lasted from a remote period
• Albanian: i moçëm — having lasted from a remote period
• Amharic: ጥንታዊ (ṭəntawi) — having lasted from a remote period
• Amharic: የጥንት (yäṭnət) — having lasted from a remote period
• Arabic: قَدِيم (qadīm) — having lasted from a remote period
• Arabic: عَتِيق (ʕatīq) — having lasted from a remote period
• Arabic: عَرِيق (ʕarīq) — having lasted from a remote period
• Arabic: عتيق (ʕatīʔ) — having lasted from a remote period
• Armenian: հին (hin) — having lasted from a remote period
• Armenian: հինավուրց (hinavurcʻ) — having lasted from a remote period
• Armenian: հնամյա (hnamya) — having lasted from a remote period
• Armenian: հնամենի (hnameni) — having lasted from a remote period
• Asturian: antiguu — having lasted from a remote period
• Azerbaijani: antik — having lasted from a remote period
• Azerbaijani: qədim — having lasted from a remote period
• Azerbaijani: qədimi — having lasted from a remote period
• Belarusian: старажы́тны (staražýtny) — having lasted from a remote period
• Belarusian: анты́чны (antýčny) — having lasted from a remote period
• Belarusian: стары́ (starý) — having lasted from a remote period
• Belarusian: старада́ўні (staradáwni) — having lasted from a remote period
• Bengali: প্রাচীন (pracin) — having lasted from a remote period
• Bengali: কদীম (kodim) — having lasted from a remote period
• Central Bikol: suanoy — having lasted from a remote period
• Bulgarian: дре́вен (dréven) — having lasted from a remote period
• Bulgarian: анти́чен (antíčen) — having lasted from a remote period
• Bulgarian: стар (star) — having lasted from a remote period
• Burmese: ရှေး (hre:) — having lasted from a remote period
• Burmese: ဟောင်း (haung:) — having lasted from a remote period
• Carpathian Rusyn: старовікый (starovikŷj) — having lasted from a remote period
• Carpathian Rusyn: стары́й (starŷ́j) — having lasted from a remote period
• Catalan: antic — having lasted from a remote period
• Catalan: vetust — having lasted from a remote period
• Cebuano: karaan — having lasted from a remote period
• Chechen: шира (šira) — having lasted from a remote period
• Chinese Mandarin: 古代 (gǔdài) — having lasted from a remote period
• Chinese Mandarin: 古老 (gǔlǎo) — having lasted from a remote period
• Chinese Mandarin: 古舊 /古旧 (gǔjiù) — having lasted from a remote period
• Chinese Mandarin: 老 (lǎo) — having lasted from a remote period
• Chukchi: тэԓеӈкин (tėḷeṇkin) — having lasted from a remote period
• Crimean Tatar: qadimiy — having lasted from a remote period
• Czech: starobylý — having lasted from a remote period
• Czech: starověký — having lasted from a remote period
• Czech: prastarý — having lasted from a remote period
• Danish: urgammel — having lasted from a remote period
• Dutch: antiek — having lasted from a remote period
• Dutch: oeroud — having lasted from a remote period
• Esperanto: malnovega — having lasted from a remote period
• Esperanto: grandaĝa — having lasted from a remote period
• Estonian: iidne — having lasted from a remote period
• Estonian: muistne — having lasted from a remote period
• Estonian: vana — having lasted from a remote period
• Faroese: fornur — having lasted from a remote period
• Finnish: ikivanha — having lasted from a remote period
• Finnish: ikiaikainen — having lasted from a remote period
• Finnish: hyvin vanha — having lasted from a remote period
• French: ancien — having lasted from a remote period
• French: antique — having lasted from a remote period
• Friulian: antîc — having lasted from a remote period
• Galician: antigo — having lasted from a remote period
• Georgian: უძველესი (uʒvelesi) — having lasted from a remote period
• Georgian: ანტიკური (anṭiḳuri) — having lasted from a remote period
• Georgian: ძველი (ʒveli) — having lasted from a remote period
• German: historisch — having lasted from a remote period
• German: altbacken — having lasted from a remote period
• German: antiquiert — having lasted from a remote period
• German: vorsintflutlich — having lasted from a remote period
• German: uralt — having lasted from a remote period
• Greek: αρχαίος (archaíos) — having lasted from a remote period
• Ancient Greek: ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos) — having lasted from a remote period
• Mbya Guarani: yma — having lasted from a remote period
• Haitian Creole: ansyen — having lasted from a remote period
• Hebrew: עָתִיק (atík) — having lasted from a remote period
• Hebrew: קָדוּם (kadúm) — having lasted from a remote period
• Hebrew: קַדְמוֹן (kadmón) — having lasted from a remote period
• Hiligaynon: daan — having lasted from a remote period
• Hiligaynon: kinadaan — having lasted from a remote period
• Hindi: प्राचीन (prācīn) — having lasted from a remote period
• Hindi: पुरातन (purātan) — having lasted from a remote period
• Hindi: पुराण (purāṇ) — having lasted from a remote period
• Hindi: क़दीम (qadīm) — having lasted from a remote period
• Hindi: कदीम (kadīm) — having lasted from a remote period
• Hungarian: antik — having lasted from a remote period
• Hungarian: ősrégi — having lasted from a remote period
• Hungarian: régi — having lasted from a remote period
• Icelandic: forn — having lasted from a remote period
• Ido: anciena — having lasted from a remote period
• Ido: antiqua — having lasted from a remote period
• Indonesian: kuno — having lasted from a remote period
• Indonesian: purba — having lasted from a remote period
• Irish: ársa — having lasted from a remote period
• Irish: sean- — having lasted from a remote period
• Istriot: anteîco — having lasted from a remote period
• Italian: antico — having lasted from a remote period
• Japanese: 古代な (kodai na) — having lasted from a remote period
• Japanese: 古い (furui) — having lasted from a remote period
• Kazakh: ежелгі (ejelgı) — having lasted from a remote period
• Kazakh: ерте (erte) — having lasted from a remote period
• Khmer: បុរាណ (boraan) — having lasted from a remote period
• Korean: 고대(古代)의 (godae-ui) — having lasted from a remote period
• Korean: 낡다 (nakda) — having lasted from a remote period
• Central Kurdish: کەونار (kewnar) — having lasted from a remote period
• Northern Kurdish: kevnar — having lasted from a remote period
• Kyrgyz: эзелки (ezelki) — having lasted from a remote period
• Kyrgyz: эчаккы (ecakkı) — having lasted from a remote period
• Kyrgyz: байыркы (bayırkı) — having lasted from a remote period
• Lao: ບູຮານ (bū hān) — having lasted from a remote period
• Lao: ເກົ່າແກ່ (kao kǣ) — having lasted from a remote period
• Latgalian: senejs — having lasted from a remote period
• Latin: prīscus — having lasted from a remote period
• Latin: antīquus — having lasted from a remote period
• Latvian: sens — having lasted from a remote period
• Lithuanian: sens — having lasted from a remote period
• Macedonian: древен (dreven) — having lasted from a remote period
• Macedonian: стар (star) — having lasted from a remote period
• Macedonian: антички (antički) — having lasted from a remote period
• Malay: kuno — having lasted from a remote period
• Malay: purba — having lasted from a remote period
• Malayalam: പുരാതന (purātana) — having lasted from a remote period
• Maltese: antik — having lasted from a remote period
• Maltese: qadim — having lasted from a remote period
• Maranao: miaoget — having lasted from a remote period
• Mongolian: эртний (ertnii) — having lasted from a remote period
• Nanai: балапчи (balapči) — having lasted from a remote period
• Norwegian Bokmål: eldgammel — having lasted from a remote period
• Norwegian Bokmål: eldgammal — having lasted from a remote period
• Norwegian Bokmål: antikk — having lasted from a remote period
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eldgamal — having lasted from a remote period
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eldgammal — having lasted from a remote period
• Norwegian Nynorsk: antikk — having lasted from a remote period
• Occitan: ancian — having lasted from a remote period
• Occitan: antic — having lasted from a remote period
• Church Slavic: древьнъ (drevĭnŭ) — having lasted from a remote period
• Church Slavic: древьн̑ь (drevĭn̂ĭ) — having lasted from a remote period
• Church Slavic: старъ (starŭ) — having lasted from a remote period
• Old English: eald — having lasted from a remote period
• Ossetian: рагон (ragon) — having lasted from a remote period
• Pannonian Rusyn: стародавни (starodavni) — having lasted from a remote period
• Pannonian Rusyn: прадавни (pradavni) — having lasted from a remote period
• Pannonian Rusyn: древни (drevni) — having lasted from a remote period
• Pannonian Rusyn: стари (stari) — having lasted from a remote period
• Pashto: لرغونی (lërǧuni) — having lasted from a remote period
• Pashto: قديم (qadím) — having lasted from a remote period
• Dari: بَاسْتَان (bāstān) — having lasted from a remote period
• Dari: قَدِیم (qadīm) — having lasted from a remote period
• Dari: کُهَن (kuhan) — having lasted from a remote period
• Dari: بَاسْتَانِی (bāstānī) — having lasted from a remote period
• Iranian Persian: باسْتان (bâstân) — having lasted from a remote period
• Iranian Persian: قَدیم (ġadim) — having lasted from a remote period
• Iranian Persian: کُهَن (kohan) — having lasted from a remote period
• Iranian Persian: باسْتانی (bâstâni) — having lasted from a remote period
• Polish: starożytny — having lasted from a remote period
• Polish: antyczny — having lasted from a remote period
• Polish: starodawny — having lasted from a remote period
• Portuguese: antigo — having lasted from a remote period
• Quechua: machu — having lasted from a remote period
• Romanian: antic — having lasted from a remote period
• Russian: дре́вний (drévnij) — having lasted from a remote period
• Russian: стари́нный (starínnyj) — having lasted from a remote period
• Russian: анти́чный (antíčnyj) — having lasted from a remote period
• Russian: ста́рый (stáryj) — having lasted from a remote period
• Russian: старода́вний (starodávnij) — having lasted from a remote period
• Russian: ветхий (vetxij) — having lasted from a remote period
• Sanskrit: प्राचीन (prācīna) — having lasted from a remote period
• Sanskrit: पुराण (purāṇa) — having lasted from a remote period
• Sardinian: antigu — having lasted from a remote period
• Serbo-Croatian: стар — having lasted from a remote period
• Serbo-Croatian: древан — having lasted from a remote period
• Serbo-Croatian: стародреван — having lasted from a remote period
• Serbo-Croatian: антички — having lasted from a remote period
• Serbo-Croatian: star — having lasted from a remote period
• Serbo-Croatian: drevan — having lasted from a remote period
• Serbo-Croatian: starodrevan — having lasted from a remote period
• Serbo-Croatian: antički — having lasted from a remote period
• Slovak: starobylý — having lasted from a remote period
• Slovak: staroveký — having lasted from a remote period
• Slovak: starý — having lasted from a remote period
• Slovak: antický — having lasted from a remote period
• Slovene: starodaven — having lasted from a remote period
• Slovene: star — having lasted from a remote period
• Slovene: starinski — having lasted from a remote period
• Spanish: antiguo — having lasted from a remote period
• Spanish: anciano — having lasted from a remote period
• Swedish: urgammal — having lasted from a remote period
• Swedish: antik — having lasted from a remote period
• Swedish: uråldrig — having lasted from a remote period
• Tagalog: sinauna — having lasted from a remote period
• Tajik: қадим (qadim) — having lasted from a remote period
• Tajik: бостонӣ (bostoni) — having lasted from a remote period
• Tajik: бостон (boston) — having lasted from a remote period
• Thai: โบราณ (boo-raan) — having lasted from a remote period
• Thai: เก่าแก่ (gào-gɛ̀ɛ) — having lasted from a remote period
• Tibetan: སྔ་མོ (snga mo) — having lasted from a remote period
• Turkish: antik — having lasted from a remote period
• Turkish: antika — having lasted from a remote period
• Turkish: kadim — having lasted from a remote period
• Turkmen: gadym — having lasted from a remote period
• Turkmen: gadymy — having lasted from a remote period
• Ukrainian: дре́вній (drévnij) — having lasted from a remote period
• Ukrainian: старода́вній (starodávnij) — having lasted from a remote period
• Ukrainian: анти́чний (antýčnyj) — having lasted from a remote period
• Ukrainian: стари́й (starýj) — having lasted from a remote period
• Urdu: قَدِیم (qadīm) — having lasted from a remote period
• Urdu: پْراچِین (prācīn) — having lasted from a remote period
• Urdu: پَراچِین (parācīn) — having lasted from a remote period
• Urdu: پُراتَن (purātan) — having lasted from a remote period
• Uyghur: قەدىمكى (qedimki) — having lasted from a remote period
• Uzbek: qadimgi — having lasted from a remote period
• Uzbek: qadimiy — having lasted from a remote period
• Vietnamese: cổ đại — having lasted from a remote period
• Vietnamese: xưa — having lasted from a remote period
• Vietnamese: cổ — having lasted from a remote period
• Yiddish: אַנטיק (antik) — having lasted from a remote period
• Armenian: հնադարյան (hnadaryan) — existent or occurring in time long past
• Central Bikol: suanoy — existent or occurring in time long past
• Bulgarian: стари́нен (starínen) — existent or occurring in time long past
• Burmese: ရှေး (hre:) — existent or occurring in time long past
• Catalan: antic — existent or occurring in time long past
• Czech: starobylý — existent or occurring in time long past
• Czech: starověký — existent or occurring in time long past
• Czech: prastarý — existent or occurring in time long past
• Czech: dávný — existent or occurring in time long past
• Czech: pradávný — existent or occurring in time long past
• Dutch: eeuwenoud — existent or occurring in time long past
• Dutch: oeroud — existent or occurring in time long past
• Dutch: eertijds — existent or occurring in time long past
• Dutch: weleers — existent or occurring in time long past
• Esperanto: antikva — existent or occurring in time long past
• Esperanto: malnovega — existent or occurring in time long past
• Finnish: muinainen — existent or occurring in time long past
• Finnish: ammoinen — existent or occurring in time long past
• French: ancien — existent or occurring in time long past
• Georgian: უძველესი (uʒvelesi) — existent or occurring in time long past
• Georgian: არქაული (arkauli) — existent or occurring in time long past
• German: alt — existent or occurring in time long past
• German: früh — existent or occurring in time long past
• Greek: αρχαίος (archaíos) — existent or occurring in time long past
• Ancient Greek: ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos) — existent or occurring in time long past
• Hungarian: antik — existent or occurring in time long past
• Hungarian: ősi — existent or occurring in time long past
• Hungarian: ősrégi — existent or occurring in time long past
• Hungarian: régi — existent or occurring in time long past
• Icelandic: forn — existent or occurring in time long past
• Ido: antiqua — existent or occurring in time long past
• Ido: anciena — existent or occurring in time long past
• Irish: ársa — existent or occurring in time long past
• Italian: antico — existent or occurring in time long past
• Kabuverdianu: antigu — existent or occurring in time long past
• Kabuverdianu: antige — existent or occurring in time long past
• Latgalian: senejs — existent or occurring in time long past
• Latin: antīquus — existent or occurring in time long past
• Latvian: sens — existent or occurring in time long past
• Malayalam: പുരാതന (purātana) — existent or occurring in time long past
• Malayalam: പ്രാചീന (prācīna) — existent or occurring in time long past
• Māori: aweko — existent or occurring in time long past
• Norwegian Bokmål: eldgammel — existent or occurring in time long past
• Norwegian Bokmål: eldgammal — existent or occurring in time long past
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eldgamal — existent or occurring in time long past
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eldgammal — existent or occurring in time long past
• Polish: pradawny — existent or occurring in time long past
• Portuguese: antigo — existent or occurring in time long past
• Russian: дре́вний (drévnij) — existent or occurring in time long past
• Russian: старода́вний (starodávnij) — existent or occurring in time long past
• Russian: старобы́лый (starobýlyj) — existent or occurring in time long past
• Russian: стари́нный (starínnyj) — existent or occurring in time long past
• Spanish: antiguo — existent or occurring in time long past
• Spanish: antiquísimo — existent or occurring in time long past
• Swahili: -a kale — existent or occurring in time long past
• Swedish: antik — existent or occurring in time long past
• Swedish: uråldrig — existent or occurring in time long past
• Swedish: forntida — existent or occurring in time long past
• Swedish: forn — existent or occurring in time long past
• Turkish: antik — existent or occurring in time long past
• Turkish: kadim — existent or occurring in time long past
• Ukrainian: старода́вній (starodávnij) — existent or occurring in time long past
• Belarusian: анты́чны (antýčny) — history: relating to antiquity
• Central Bikol: suanoy — history: relating to antiquity
• Bulgarian: анти́чен (antíčen) — history: relating to antiquity
• Czech: starověký — history: relating to antiquity
• Czech: antický — history: relating to antiquity
• Esperanto: antikva — history: relating to antiquity
• Finnish: antiikin — history: relating to antiquity
• French: ancien — history: relating to antiquity
• German: antik — history: relating to antiquity
• Hungarian: ókori — history: relating to antiquity
• Icelandic: fornaldar- — history: relating to antiquity
• Ido: antiqua — history: relating to antiquity
• Malayalam: പ്രാചീന (prācīna) — history: relating to antiquity
• Norwegian Bokmål: eldgammel — history: relating to antiquity
• Norwegian Bokmål: eldgammal — history: relating to antiquity
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eldgamal — history: relating to antiquity
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eldgammal — history: relating to antiquity
• Portuguese: antigo — history: relating to antiquity
• Russian: анти́чный (antíčnyj) — history: relating to antiquity
• Turkish: antik — history: relating to antiquity
• Turkish: kadim — history: relating to antiquity
• Ukrainian: анти́чний (antýčnyj) — history: relating to antiquity