archaism

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• UK: /ˈɑː.keɪ.ɪz.əm/
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• US: /ˈɑɹ.kiˌɪz.əm/
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• Australian: /ˈaː.kæɪ.ɪz.əm/
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17th century, from New Latin archaismus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχαϊσμός (arkhaïsmós, “an antiquated phrase or style”), from ἀρχαίζω (arkhaízō, “to model one's style upon that of ancient writers”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “old, ancient”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning”), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “I begin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h2ergh- (“to begin, rule, command”).

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: argaïsme — archaic word, language
• Albanian: arkaizëm — archaic word, language
• Armenian: հնաբանություն (hnabanutʻyun) — archaic word, language
• Azerbaijani: arxaizm — archaic word, language
• Belarusian: архаі́зм (arxaízm) — archaic word, language
• Bulgarian: архаи́зъм (arhaízǎm) — archaic word, language
• Catalan: arcaisme — archaic word, language
• Chinese Mandarin: 古詞 /古词 (gǔcí) — archaic word, language
• Chinese Mandarin: 古語 /古语 (gǔyǔ) — archaic word, language
• Czech: archaismus — archaic word, language
• Danish: arkaisme — archaic word, language
• Dutch: archaïsme — archaic word, language
• Esperanto: arĥaismo — archaic word, language
• Esperanto: arkaismo — archaic word, language
• Estonian: arhaism — archaic word, language
• Finnish: arkaismi — archaic word, language
• French: archaïsme — archaic word, language
• Georgian: მოძველებული სიტყვა (moʒvelebuli siṭq̇va) — archaic word, language
• Georgian: არქაიზმი (arkaizmi) — archaic word, language
• German: Archaismus — archaic word, language
• Greek: αρχαιοπρέπεια (archaioprépeia) — archaic word, language
• Ancient Greek: ἀρχαϊσμός (arkhaïsmós) — archaic word, language
• Hungarian: archaizmus — archaic word, language
• Indonesian: arkaisme — archaic word, language
• Irish: ársaíocht — archaic word, language
• Italian: arcaismo — archaic word, language
• Japanese: 古語 (kogo) — archaic word, language
• Japanese: アルカイズム (arukaizumu) — archaic word, language
• Japanese: アーケイズム (ākeizumu) — archaic word, language
• Kazakh: архаизм (arxaizm) — archaic word, language
• Korean: 의고체 (uigoche) — archaic word, language
• Korean: 고문체 (gomunche) — archaic word, language
• Korean: 고어 (go'eo) — archaic word, language
• Kyrgyz: архаизм (arhaizm) — archaic word, language
• Ladino: arkaizmo — archaic word, language
• Latvian: arhaisms — archaic word, language
• Lithuanian: archaizmas — archaic word, language
• Macedonian: архаи́зам (arhaízam) — archaic word, language
• Manx: shenn-chaaynt — archaic word, language
• Norwegian Bokmål: arkaisme — archaic word, language
• Norwegian Nynorsk: arkaisme — archaic word, language
• Persian: باستانگرایی (bâstân-garâyi) — archaic word, language
• Polish: archaizm — archaic word, language
• Portuguese: arcaísmo — archaic word, language
• Romanian: arhaism — archaic word, language
• Romanian: cuvânt învechit — archaic word, language
• Russian: архаи́зм (arxaízm) — archaic word, language
• Serbo-Croatian: архаѝзам — archaic word, language
• Serbo-Croatian: arhaìzam — archaic word, language
• Slovak: archaizmus — archaic word, language
• Slovene: arhaizem — archaic word, language
• Spanish: arcaísmo — archaic word, language
• Swedish: arkaism — archaic word, language
• Tajik: бостонгароӣ (bostongaroyi) — archaic word, language
• Tajik: архаизм (arxayizm) — archaic word, language
• Turkish: arkaizm — archaic word, language
• Ukrainian: архаї́зм (arxajízm) — archaic word, language
• Uzbek: arxaizm — archaic word, language
• Vietnamese: từ cổ — archaic word, language
• Vietnamese: cổ ngữ — archaic word, language