adj
Meaning 1
Surviving, remaining.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
relict
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.
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Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
That is a relict; pertaining to a relict.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
Meaning 3
Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.
The surviving member of a married couple after one or the other has died; a widow or widower.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, formal
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noun
Meaning 4
Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.
A species, organism, or ecosystem that has survived from a previous age: one that was once widespread but is now found only in a few areas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal
Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.
A structure or other feature that has survived from a previous age.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.
A survival of an archaic word, language or other form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- A small number of linguists believe that Cimbrian is not an Austro-Bavarian dialect but a relict of Lombardic.
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noun
Meaning 7
geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: geological formation, formation
noun
Meaning 8
an organism or species surviving as a remnant of an otherwise extinct flora or fauna in an environment much changed from that in which it originated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: organism, being
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English relicte (“widow”), from Middle French relicte (“widow”), from Late Latin relicta (“widow”), from Latin relictus, past participle of relinquō (“to abandon, to relinquish, to leave (behind)”), from re- + linquō (“to leave, quit, forsake, depart from”). Doublet of relic, derelict, and relinquish.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: вдовица (vdovica) — relic
- Czech: reliikt — relic
- Danish: relikt — relic
- Danish: levn — relic
- Dutch: overblijfsel — relic
- Dutch: relict — relic
- Finnish: pyhäinjäännös — relic
- Greek: λείψανο (leípsano) — relic
- Macedonian: рели́кт (relíkt) — relic
- Macedonian: о́станка (óstanka) — relic
- Macedonian: вдо́вица (vdóvica) — relic
- Polish: relikt — relic
- Swedish: relikt — relic
- Bulgarian: реликтен вид (relikten vid) — in biology, ecology
- Chinese Mandarin: 孑遺 /孑遗 (jiéyí) — in biology, ecology
- Czech: relikt — in biology, ecology
- Macedonian: рели́ктен вид (relíkten vid) — in biology, ecology
- Norwegian Bokmål: relikt — in biology, ecology
- Norwegian Nynorsk: relikt — in biology, ecology
- Portuguese: relicto — in biology, ecology
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