prehistoric

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• US: /ˌpɹiː.hɪsˈtoɹ.ɪk/
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• rhymes with -ɒɹɪk
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• CMU ARPABET: P R IY2 HH IH0 S T AO1 R IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From pre- (“before”) + historic, q.v., similar to slightly earlier ante-historic.

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: parahistorik — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Albanian: prehistorik — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Arabic: مَا قَبْلَ التَّارِيخ (mā qabla t-tārīḵ) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Armenian: նախապատմական (naxapatmakan) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Asturian: prehistóricu — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Azerbaijani: tarixdən qabaqkı — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Belarusian: дагістары́чны (dahistarýčny) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Bengali: প্রাগৈতিহাসিক (pragōitihaśik) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Bulgarian: предистори́чески (predistoríčeski) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Catalan: prehistòric — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Chinese Mandarin: 史前的 (shǐqián de) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Czech: pravěký — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Danish: forhistorisk — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Dutch: prehistorisch — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Esperanto: prahistoria — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Estonian: eelajalooline — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Faroese: fyrisøguligur — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Finnish: esihistoriallinen — of relating to the epoch before written record
• French: préhistorique — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Galician: prehistórico — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Georgian: პრეისტორიული (ṗreisṭoriuli) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Georgian: წინარეისტორიული (c̣inareisṭoriuli) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Georgian: წინაისტორიული (c̣inaisṭoriuli) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• German: vorgeschichtlich — of relating to the epoch before written record
• German: vorhistorisch — of relating to the epoch before written record
• German: prähistorisch — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Greek: προϊστορικός (proïstorikós) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Hebrew: פרהיסטורי (prehistóri) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Hindi: प्रागैतिहासिक (prāgaitihāsik) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Hungarian: történelem előtti — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Icelandic: forsögulegur — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Ido: prehistoriala — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Indonesian: prasejarah — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Italian: preistorico — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Japanese: 先史の (senshi no) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Japanese: 先史時代の (senshi jidai no) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Kazakh: тарихқа дейінгі (tarixqa deiıñı) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Kazakh: тарихтан бұрынғы (tarixtan būrynğy) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Khmer: បុរេប្រវត្តិ (poreeprɑvŏət) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Korean: 선사의 (seonsa-ui) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Korean: 선사 시대의 (seonsa sidae-ui) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Northern Kurdish: pêşdîrokî — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Kyrgyz: тарыхка чейинки (tarıhka ceyinki) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Kyrgyz: тарыхтан мурунку (tarıhtan murunku) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Latin: praehistoricus — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Latin: praehistorius — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Latvian: aizvēsturisks — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Lithuanian: priešistorinis — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Macedonian: предисториски (predistoriski) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Malay: prasejarah — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Maltese: preistoriku — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Norwegian Bokmål: forhistorisk — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forhistorisk — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Polish: prehistoryczny — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Portuguese: pré-histórico — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Romanian: preistoric — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Russian: доистори́ческий (doistoríčeskij) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Scottish Gaelic: ro-eachdraidheil — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Serbo-Croatian: prètpovijēsnī — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Serbo-Croatian: pràpovijēsnī — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Slovak: praveký — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Slovene: prazgodovinski — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Spanish: prehistórico — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Swedish: förhistorisk — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Tagalog: sinauna — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Turkish: tarih öncesi — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Ukrainian: доістори́чний (doistorýčnyj) — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Uzbek: tarixdan ilgarigi — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Vietnamese: tiền sử — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Volapük: rujenavik — of relating to the epoch before written record
• Welsh: cynhanesyddol — of relating to the epoch before written record
• French: préhistorique — outdated
• Galician: prehistórico — outdated
• Spanish: prehistórico — outdated