adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to the Goths or their language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Gothic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒθ.ɪk/
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General-American: /ˈɡɑ.θɪk/
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adj
Meaning 2
Barbarous, rude, unpolished, belonging to the “Dark Ages”, medieval as opposed to classical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: barbarous, medieval, rude, unpolished, animalistic, barbarian, barbaric, barbarious, brutal, brutish, Gothic, Gothlike, grim, heathen, heathenish, heathenly, heathenous, incivil, pagan, savage, tenebrose, truculent, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, uplandish, wolfish
Antonyms: classical
adj
Meaning 3
Of or relating to the architectural style favored in Western Europe in the 12th to 16th centuries, with high-pointed arches, clustered columns, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
Examples
- Gothic arches
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Of or relating to the style of fictional writing associated with Gothic fiction, emphasizing violent or macabre events in a mysterious, desolate setting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: literature, media, publishing
Examples
- Gothic tales
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adj
Meaning 5
Synonym of black letter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: England
Topics: media, publishing, typography
Examples
- Gothic letters
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: black letter
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 6
Of a sans serif typeface using straight, even-width lines, also known as grotesque or lineal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: media, publishing, typography
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adj
Meaning 7
Of or relating to the goth subculture, music or lifestyle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Gothic rock
- Gothic dress
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: goth
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 8
Alternative letter-case form of Gothic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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name
Meaning 9
An extinct Germanic language, once spoken by the Goths.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 10
Certain moths of the family Noctuidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 11
A particular species of moth of the family Noctuidae, Naenia typica.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 12
A novel written in the Gothic style.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 13
of or relating to the Goths
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Gothic migrations
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 14
of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Gothic Bible translation
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Synonyms: none provided
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adjective
Meaning 15
characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective satellite
Meaning 16
characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- gothic novels like `Frankenstein'
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 17
as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a medieval attitude toward dating
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: medieval, mediaeval
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 18
a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Gothic architecture
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: architectural style, style of architecture, type of architecture
Narrower terms: perpendicular, perpendicular style, English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture
noun
Meaning 19
a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: black letter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: font, fount, typeface, face, case
noun
Meaning 20
extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: East Germanic, East Germanic language
History
Etymology
From Late Latin gothicus (“Gothic, barbaric”), from Ancient Greek Γοτθικός (Gotthikós), from Ancient Greek Γότθοι (Gótthoi, “Goths”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), proposed to derive from unattested Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 (*guta). Equivalent to Goth + -ic. The various usages of the adjective are introduced nearly simultaneously in the first half of the 17th century. The literal meaning “of the Goths” is found in the 1611 preface of the King James Bible, in reference to the Gothicke tongue. The generalized meaning of “Germanic, Teutonic” appears in the 1640s. Reference to the medieval period in Western Europe, and specifically the architecture of that period (“barbaric style”, initially a term of abuse), also appears in the 1640s, as does reference to “Gothic characters” or “Gothic letters” in typography.
From goth + -ic, see Gothic.
Across languages
Translations
194 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: قُوطِيّ (qūṭiyy) — of or relating to the Goths
- Armenian: գոթական (gotʻakan) — of or relating to the Goths
- Bulgarian: готски (gotski) — of or relating to the Goths
- Catalan: gòtic — of or relating to the Goths
- Catalan: gòtica — of or relating to the Goths
- Danish: gotisk — of or relating to the Goths
- Dutch: Gotisch — of or relating to the Goths
- Faroese: gotiskur — of or relating to the Goths
- Finnish: goottilainen — of or relating to the Goths
- Galician: gótico — of or relating to the Goths
- Georgian: გოთური (goturi) — of or relating to the Goths
- German: gotisch — of or relating to the Goths
- Hindi: गॉथिक (gŏthik) — of or relating to the Goths
- Hungarian: gót — of or relating to the Goths
- Icelandic: gotneskur — of or relating to the Goths
- Irish: Gotach — of or relating to the Goths
- Kapampangan: gotiku — of or relating to the Goths
- Macedonian: готски (gotski) — of or relating to the Goths
- Old English: Gotisċ — of or relating to the Goths
- Polish: gocki — of or relating to the Goths
- Portuguese: gótico — of or relating to the Goths
- Portuguese: gótica — of or relating to the Goths
- Portuguese: godo — of or relating to the Goths
- Russian: го́тский (gótskij) — of or relating to the Goths
- Serbo-Croatian: го̏тскӣ — of or relating to the Goths
- Serbo-Croatian: gȍtskī — of or relating to the Goths
- Slovene: gotski — of or relating to the Goths
- Spanish: gótico — of or relating to the Goths
- Swedish: gotisk — of or relating to the Goths
- Turkish: Gotik — of or relating to the Goths
- Volapük: gotik — of or relating to the Goths
- Armenian: գոթական (gotʻakan) — of or relating to the architectural style
- Breton: gotek — of or relating to the architectural style
- Bulgarian: готически (gotičeski) — of or relating to the architectural style
- Catalan: gòtic — of or relating to the architectural style
- Catalan: gòtica — of or relating to the architectural style
- Czech: gotický — of or relating to the architectural style
- Danish: gotisk — of or relating to the architectural style
- Dutch: Gotisch — of or relating to the architectural style
- Esperanto: gotika — of or relating to the architectural style
- Finnish: goottilainen — of or relating to the architectural style
- French: gothique — of or relating to the architectural style
- Galician: gótico — of or relating to the architectural style
- Georgian: გოთური (goturi) — of or relating to the architectural style
- German: gotisch — of or relating to the architectural style
- Hindi: गॉथिक (gŏthik) — of or relating to the architectural style
- Hungarian: gótikus — of or relating to the architectural style
- Icelandic: gotneskur — of or relating to the architectural style
- Irish: gotach — of or relating to the architectural style
- Kapampangan: gotiku — of or relating to the architectural style
- Macedonian: готски (gotski) — of or relating to the architectural style
- Polish: gotycki — of or relating to the architectural style
- Portuguese: gótico — of or relating to the architectural style
- Russian: готи́ческий (gotíčeskij) — of or relating to the architectural style
- Serbo-Croatian: го̀тичкӣ — of or relating to the architectural style
- Serbo-Croatian: gòtičkī — of or relating to the architectural style
- Slovene: gotski — of or relating to the architectural style
- Swedish: gotisk — of or relating to the architectural style
- Tagalog: Gotiko — of or relating to the architectural style
- Turkish: Gotik — of or relating to the architectural style
- Bulgarian: готически (gotičeski) — of or relating to a style of fictional writing
- Catalan: gòtic — of or relating to a style of fictional writing
- Catalan: gòtica — of or relating to a style of fictional writing
- Danish: gotisk — of or relating to a style of fictional writing
- Dutch: gothic — of or relating to a style of fictional writing
- French: gothique — of or relating to a style of fictional writing
- Galician: gótico — of or relating to a style of fictional writing
- Hindi: गॉथिक (gŏthik) — of or relating to a style of fictional writing
- Hungarian: gótikus — of or relating to a style of fictional writing
- Hungarian: horror- — of or relating to a style of fictional writing
- Hungarian: rém- — of or relating to a style of fictional writing
- Irish: gotach — of or relating to a style of fictional writing
- Kapampangan: got — of or relating to a style of fictional writing
- Macedonian: готски (gotski) — of or relating to a style of fictional writing
- Polish: gotycki — of or relating to a style of fictional writing
- Portuguese: gótico — of or relating to a style of fictional writing
- Russian: го́тский (gótskij) — of or relating to a style of fictional writing
- Russian: готический (gotičeskij) — of or relating to a style of fictional writing
- Spanish: gótico — of or relating to a style of fictional writing
- Bulgarian: готически (gotičeski) — of the type formerly used for printing German
- Danish: gotisk — of the type formerly used for printing German
- Dutch: Gotisch — of the type formerly used for printing German
- Esperanto: gotika — of the type formerly used for printing German
- Finnish: goottilainen — of the type formerly used for printing German
- German: gotisch — of the type formerly used for printing German
- Hindi: गॉथिक (gŏthik) — of the type formerly used for printing German
- Hungarian: gót — of the type formerly used for printing German
- Hungarian: törtvonalú — of the type formerly used for printing German
- Icelandic: gotneskur — of the type formerly used for printing German
- Irish: gotach — of the type formerly used for printing German
- Polish: gotycki — of the type formerly used for printing German
- Russian: готи́ческий (gotíčeskij) — of the type formerly used for printing German
- Slovene: gotski — of the type formerly used for printing German
- Turkish: Gotik — of the type formerly used for printing German
- Danish: gotisk — of a sans serif typeface
- Dutch: Gotisch — of a sans serif typeface
- German: Grotesk — of a sans serif typeface
- German: serifenlos — of a sans serif typeface
- Hindi: गॉथिक (gŏthik) — of a sans serif typeface
- Hungarian: gót — of a sans serif typeface
- Irish: gotach — of a sans serif typeface
- Japanese: ゴシック (goshikku) — of a sans serif typeface
- Polish: gotycki — of a sans serif typeface
- Russian: готи́ческий (gotíčeskij) — of a sans serif typeface
- Turkish: Gotik — of a sans serif typeface
- Bulgarian: готски (gotski) — of or relating to the goth subculture or lifestyle
- Catalan: gòtic — of or relating to the goth subculture or lifestyle
- Catalan: gòtica — of or relating to the goth subculture or lifestyle
- Dutch: gothic — of or relating to the goth subculture or lifestyle
- Finnish: goottilainen — of or relating to the goth subculture or lifestyle
- Georgian: გოთური (goturi) — of or relating to the goth subculture or lifestyle
- German: gruftimäßig — of or relating to the goth subculture or lifestyle
- German: Gothic — of or relating to the goth subculture or lifestyle
- Hindi: गॉथिक (gŏthik) — of or relating to the goth subculture or lifestyle
- Irish: gotach — of or relating to the goth subculture or lifestyle
- Kapampangan: gotiku — of or relating to the goth subculture or lifestyle
- Macedonian: готски (gotski) — of or relating to the goth subculture or lifestyle
- Polish: gotycki — of or relating to the goth subculture or lifestyle
- Portuguese: gótico — of or relating to the goth subculture or lifestyle
- Serbo-Croatian: го̀тичкӣ — of or relating to the goth subculture or lifestyle
- Serbo-Croatian: gòtičkī — of or relating to the goth subculture or lifestyle
- Spanish: gótica — black letter
- Spanish: de Tortis — black letter
- Afrikaans: Goties — extinct Germanic language
- Arabic: قُوطِيَّة (qūṭiyya) — extinct Germanic language
- Aragonese: gotico — extinct Germanic language
- Armenian: գոթերեն (gotʻeren) — extinct Germanic language
- Asturian: góticu — extinct Germanic language
- Basque: gotikoa — extinct Germanic language
- Belarusian: гоцкая (hóckaja) — extinct Germanic language
- Breton: goteg — extinct Germanic language
- Bulgarian: готски (gotski) — extinct Germanic language
- Catalan: gòtic — extinct Germanic language
- Chinese Mandarin: 哥德語 /哥德语 (Gēdéyǔ) — extinct Germanic language
- Chinese Mandarin: 哥特語 /哥特语 (Gētèyǔ) — extinct Germanic language
- Cornish: gothek — extinct Germanic language
- Corsican: goticu — extinct Germanic language
- Czech: gótština — extinct Germanic language
- Danish: gotisk — extinct Germanic language
- Dutch: Gothisch — extinct Germanic language
- Dutch: Gotisch — extinct Germanic language
- Esperanto: gota lingvo — extinct Germanic language
- Estonian: gooti keel — extinct Germanic language
- Faroese: gotiskt — extinct Germanic language
- Finnish: gootti — extinct Germanic language
- French: gotique — extinct Germanic language
- West-Frisian: Goatysk — extinct Germanic language
- Galician: gótico — extinct Germanic language
- Georgian: გოთური (goturi) — extinct Germanic language
- German: Gotisch — extinct Germanic language
- Bavarian German: Gotisch — extinct Germanic language
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌳𐌰 (gutrazda) — extinct Germanic language
- Hebrew: גותית — extinct Germanic language
- Hindi: गॉथिक (gŏthik) — extinct Germanic language
- Hungarian: gót — extinct Germanic language
- Icelandic: gotneska — extinct Germanic language
- Ido: Gotika linguo — extinct Germanic language
- Indonesian: bahasa Gothik — extinct Germanic language
- Indonesian: bahasa Goth — extinct Germanic language
- Irish: Gotais — extinct Germanic language
- Italian: gotico — extinct Germanic language
- Japanese: ゴート語 (Gōto-go) — extinct Germanic language
- Kapampangan: Godu — extinct Germanic language
- Kapampangan: Gutik — extinct Germanic language
- Kapampangan: Gotiku — extinct Germanic language
- Korean: 고트어 (Goteu-eo) — extinct Germanic language
- Latin: lingua Gothica — extinct Germanic language
- Latin: Gothica — extinct Germanic language
- Latvian: gotu valoda — extinct Germanic language
- Lithuanian: gotų kalba — extinct Germanic language
- Macedonian: готски (gotski) — extinct Germanic language
- Marathi: गॉथिक (gŏthik) — extinct Germanic language
- Norwegian: gotisk — extinct Germanic language
- Old English: Gotisċ — extinct Germanic language
- Persian: گوتیک (gutik) — extinct Germanic language
- Polish: gocki — extinct Germanic language
- Portuguese: gótico — extinct Germanic language
- Romanian: gotică — extinct Germanic language
- Russian: го́тский (gótskij) — extinct Germanic language
- Serbo-Croatian: го̏тскӣ — extinct Germanic language
- Serbo-Croatian: gȍtskī — extinct Germanic language
- Slovak: gótčina — extinct Germanic language
- Slovene: gotščina — extinct Germanic language
- Spanish: gótico — extinct Germanic language
- Swedish: gotiska — extinct Germanic language
- Swedish: Moesogöthiska — extinct Germanic language
- Tagalog: Gotiko — extinct Germanic language
- Tamil: கோதிக் மொழி (kōtik moḻi) — extinct Germanic language
- Turkish: Gotça — extinct Germanic language
- Ukrainian: готська (hotsʹka) — extinct Germanic language
- Uzbek: got tili — extinct Germanic language
- Vietnamese: ngôn ngữ Gothic — extinct Germanic language
- Volapük: got — extinct Germanic language
- Welsh: Gotheg — extinct Germanic language
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