antiquity

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From Middle English antiquyte, antiquite, antiquytee, a borrowing from Old French antiquité, antiquitet, from Latin antiquitas, from antiquus. Equivalent to antique + -ity. See antique, antic. Compare with French antiquité.

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Breton: Henamzer — period of history
• Chichewa: Nyengo Yakale — period of history
• Chinese Mandarin: 古代史 (gǔdàishǐ) — period of history
• Dutch: oudheid — period of history
• Finnish: antiikki — period of history
• Finnish: vanha aika — period of history
• French: Antiquité — period of history
• French: Antiquité classique — period of history
• German: Altertum — period of history
• Greek: Αρχαιότητα (Archaiótita) — period of history
• Irish: Cianaois — period of history
• Italian: Antichità — period of history
• Māori: whakapata — period of history
• Polish: starożytność — period of history
• Portuguese: Antiguidade — period of history
• Spanish: Antigüedad — period of history
• Swedish: antiken — period of history
• Welsh: Henfyd — period of history
• Albanian: lashtësi — ancient times
• Amharic: ጥንት (ṭənt) — ancient times
• Arabic: تَارِيخ قَدِيم (tārīḵ qadīm) — ancient times
• Bulgarian: древност (drevnost) — ancient times
• Bulgarian: античност (antičnost) — ancient times
• Catalan: antiguitat — ancient times
• Chinese Mandarin: 古代 (gǔdài) — ancient times
• Czech: antika — ancient times
• Czech: starověk — ancient times
• Danish: oldtid — ancient times
• Dutch: oudheid — ancient times
• Esperanto: antikveco — ancient times
• Esperanto: antikvo — ancient times
• Ethiopian Sign Language: የድሮ ዘመነን — ancient times
• Finnish: antiikki — ancient times
• French: Antiquité — ancient times
• Galician: antigüidade — ancient times
• German: Antike — ancient times
• German: Altertum — ancient times
• Greek: αρχαιότητα (archaiótita) — ancient times
• Ancient Greek: ἀρχαιότης (arkhaiótēs) — ancient times
• Hebrew: קֶדֶם (qédem) — ancient times
• Hungarian: antikvitás — ancient times
• Hungarian: ókor — ancient times
• Icelandic: fornöld — ancient times
• Ido: antiqueso — ancient times
• Italian: antichità — ancient times
• Japanese: 昔 (mukashi) — ancient times
• Japanese: 古代 (kodai) — ancient times
• Korean: 고대 (godae) — ancient times
• Latin: antīquitās — ancient times
• Latvian: senatne — ancient times
• Luxembourgish: Antiquitéit — ancient times
• Malay: zaman purba — ancient times
• Malay: era kuno — ancient times
• Māori: pāhake — ancient times
• Māori: whakapata — ancient times
• Māori: nehe — ancient times
• Māori: neherā — ancient times
• Māori: tua whakarere — ancient times
• Middle English: antiquyte — ancient times
• Papiamentu: antigwedat — ancient times
• Polish: antyk — ancient times
• Polish: starożytność — ancient times
• Portuguese: antiguidade — ancient times
• Romanian: antichitate — ancient times
• Russian: дре́вность (drévnostʹ) — ancient times
• Russian: старина́ (stariná) — ancient times
• Serbo-Croatian: antika — ancient times
• Slovak: starovek — ancient times
• Spanish: antigüedad — ancient times
• Swedish: antiken — ancient times
• Swedish: forntid — ancient times
• Tigrinya: ጥንቲ (ṭənti) — ancient times
• Ukrainian: давнина́ (davnyná) — ancient times
• Ukrainian: старовина́ (starovyná) — ancient times
• Czech: antika — the ancients
• French: Antiquité — the ancients
• Galician: antigüidade — the ancients
• Greek: αρχαιότητα (archaiótita) — the ancients
• Greek: αρχαίοι (archaíoi) — the ancients
• Hungarian: ókoriak — the ancients
• Polish: starożytni — the ancients
• Portuguese: antiguidade — the ancients
• Serbo-Croatian: antika — the ancients
• Catalan: antiguitat — relic or monument of ancient times
• French: antiquité — relic or monument of ancient times
• Galician: antigüidade — relic or monument of ancient times
• Hungarian: antikvitás — relic or monument of ancient times
• Hungarian: régiség — relic or monument of ancient times
• Indonesian: antikuitas — relic or monument of ancient times
• Macedonian: антиквитет (antikvitet) — relic or monument of ancient times
• Portuguese: antiguidade — relic or monument of ancient times
• Swedish: antikvitet — relic or monument of ancient times
• Danish: oldtid — the historical period preceding the Middle Ages
• Danish: antikken — the historical period preceding the Middle Ages
• Polish: starożytność — the historical period preceding the Middle Ages
• Polish: antyczność — the state of being ancient or of ancient lineage