archaic

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɑːˈkeɪ.ɪk/
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• General-American: /ɑɹˈkeɪ.ɪk/
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• Australian: /ɐːˈkæɪ.ɪk/
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• CMU ARPABET: AA0 R K EY1 IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From 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”).

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: arkaik — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Arabic: قَدِيم (qadīm) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Azerbaijani: arxaik — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Belarusian: архаі́чны (arxaíčny) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Bulgarian: архаи́чен (arhaíčen) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Bulgarian: дре́вен (dréven) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Bulgarian: стар (star) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Catalan: arcaic — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Chinese Mandarin: 古舊的 /古旧的 (gǔjiù de) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Chinese Mandarin: 古老的 (gǔlǎo de) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Chinese Mandarin: 過時的 /过时的 (guòshí de) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Czech: archaický — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Danish: gammeldags — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Danish: fortidig — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Danish: arkaisk — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Dutch: archaïsch — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Dutch: ouderwets — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Dutch: verouderd — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Esperanto: arkaika — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Finnish: antiikkinen — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Finnish: vanhahtava — old-fashioned or antiquated
• French: archaïque — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Galician: arcaico — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Georgian: ძველი (ʒveli) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Georgian: ძველთაძველი (ʒveltaʒveli) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Georgian: არქაული (arkauli) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• German: archaisch — old-fashioned or antiquated
• German: veraltet — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Greek: απαρχαιωμένος (aparchaioménos) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Greek: αρχαϊκός (archaïkós) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Ancient Greek: ἀρχαϊκός (arkhaïkós) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Hindi: प्राचीन (prācīn) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Hindi: पुरातन (purātan) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Icelandic: gamaldags — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Indonesian: arkais — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Irish: ársa — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Italian: arcaico — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Japanese: 初期 (shoki) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Japanese: 古代の (kodai no) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Korean: 고대적 (godaejeok) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Latin: archaicus — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Latvian: veclaicīgs — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Macedonian: архаичен (arhaičen) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Māori: matangarongaro — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Norwegian Bokmål: arkaisk — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Norwegian Bokmål: gammeldags — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Norwegian Bokmål: foreldet — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Polish: archaiczny — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Portuguese: arcaico — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Romanian: arhaic — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Romanian: învechit — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Russian: архаи́чный (arxaíčnyj) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Russian: дре́вний (drévnij) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Russian: ста́рый (stáryj) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Scottish Gaelic: àrsaidh — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Serbo-Croatian: арха̀ичан — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Serbo-Croatian: arhàičan — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Slovak: archaický — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Slovene: arhaični — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Spanish: arcaico — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Spanish: arcaizante — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Swahili: dinari — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Swedish: arkaisk — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Swedish: ålderdomlig — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Turkish: antik — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Ukrainian: архаї́чний (arxajíčnyj) — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Vietnamese: cổ hủ — old-fashioned or antiquated
• Finnish: antiikkinen — belonging to the archaic period
• Finnish: arkaistinen — belonging to the archaic period
• Georgian: არქაული (arkauli) — belonging to the archaic period
• Greek: αρχαϊκός (archaïkós) — belonging to the archaic period
• Greek: αρχαίος (archaíos) — belonging to the archaic period
• Polish: archaiczny — belonging to the archaic period
• Portuguese: arcaico — belonging to the archaic period
• Swedish: arkaisk — belonging to the archaic period
• Swedish: arkaiserande — belonging to the archaic period
• Swedish: ålderdomlig — belonging to the archaic period