adj
Meaning 1
Relating to the ancient Germanic people, the Teutons.
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
Teutonic
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˌtjuːˈtɒn.ɪk/
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adj
Meaning 2
Having qualities that are regarded as typical of German people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, offensive
Examples
- Teutonic exactitude
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Relating to the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 4
An ancient Germanic, or modern German, individual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 5
of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British
- Germanic mythology
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Germanic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
PIE word *tewtéh2 1580, from Latin Teutonicus, from Teutonēs, Teutonī (“the Teutons”, name of a Germanic tribe that inhabited coastal Germany and devastated Gaul between 113–101 B.C.), equivalent to Teuton + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: тевто́нски (tevtónski) — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- Catalan: teutó — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- Catalan: teurònic — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- Czech: teutonský — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- Danish: teutonsk — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- Danish: teutonisk — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- Dutch: Teutoons — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- French: teutonique — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- Galician: teutón — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- Georgian: ტევტონური (ṭevṭonuri) — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- Georgian: ტევტონთა (ṭevṭonta) — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- Georgian: ტევტონების (ṭevṭonebis) — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- German: teutonisch — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- Hungarian: teuton — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- Italian: teutonico — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- Macedonian: те́втонски (tévtonski) — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- Polish: teutoński — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- Polish: germański — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- Portuguese: teutônico — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- Russian: тевто́нский (tevtónskij) — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- Serbo-Croatian: тѐуто̄нскӣ — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- Serbo-Croatian: tèutōnskī — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- Swedish: teutonisk — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- Ukrainian: тевто́нський (tevtónsʹkyj) — relating to the ancient Germanic people
- Catalan: teutònic — having qualities regarded as typical of German people
- Czech: germánský — having qualities regarded as typical of German people
- Danish: teutonsk — having qualities regarded as typical of German people
- Danish: teutonisk — having qualities regarded as typical of German people
- Dutch: Teutoons — having qualities regarded as typical of German people
- French: teutonique — having qualities regarded as typical of German people
- German: teutonisch — having qualities regarded as typical of German people
- Irish: Gearmánach — having qualities regarded as typical of German people
- Italian: teutonico — having qualities regarded as typical of German people
- Macedonian: те́втонски (tévtonski) — having qualities regarded as typical of German people
- Russian: тевто́нский (tevtónskij) — having qualities regarded as typical of German people
- Serbo-Croatian: тѐуто̄нскӣ — having qualities regarded as typical of German people
- Serbo-Croatian: tèutōnskī — having qualities regarded as typical of German people
- Swedish: teutonisk — having qualities regarded as typical of German people
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