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traditional

adj · noun · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • /tɹəˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/
  • [tɹəˈdɪʃ.ə.nl̩]
  • /tɹəˈdɪʃ.nəl/
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  • rhymes with -ɪʃənəl
  • CMU ARPABET: T R AH0 D IH1 SH AH0 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • This dance is one of the traditional customs in the area.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: traditionary, time-honored//time-honoured

Antonyms: nontraditional, untraditional

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.

Communicated from ancestors to descendants orally.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • traditional expositions of the Scriptures

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: traditionary, time-honored//time-honoured

Antonyms: nontraditional, untraditional

3

adj

Meaning 3

Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.

Observant of tradition; old-fashioned.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Her traditional values are antiquated.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: traditionary, time-honored//time-honoured

Antonyms: nontraditional, untraditional

4

adj

Meaning 4

Produced with physical media, as opposed to digital art.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: retronym

Topics: art, arts

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Relating to traditional Chinese.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The traditional form of the character has twice as many strokes as the simplified form.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

One with traditional beliefs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: traditionalist

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Anything that is traditional, conventional, standard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, plural-normally

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Art produced with physical media, as opposed to digital art.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: retronym, uncountable

Topics: art, arts

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Ellipsis of traditional Chinese.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

Ellipsis of traditional grip.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

adjective

Meaning 12

consisting of or derived from tradition

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • traditional history
  • traditional morality

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: nontraditional

13

adjective satellite

Meaning 13

pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the simple security of traditional assumptions has vanished

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From tradition + -al. First attested in 1545.

Across languages

Translations

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَقْلِيدِيّ (taqlīdiyy) — of or relating to tradition
  • Aragonese: tradizional — of or relating to tradition
  • Armenian: ավանդական (avandakan) — of or relating to tradition
  • Asturian: tradicional — of or relating to tradition
  • Azerbaijani: ənənəvi — of or relating to tradition
  • Basque: tradizional — of or relating to tradition
  • Belarusian: традыцы́йны (tradycýjny) — of or relating to tradition
  • Bengali: রেওয়াজী (reẇajī) — of or relating to tradition
  • Bulgarian: традицио́нен (tradiciónen) — of or relating to tradition
  • Catalan: tradicional — of or relating to tradition
  • Chinese Mandarin: 傳統的 /传统的 (chuántǒng de) — of or relating to tradition
  • Czech: tradiční — of or relating to tradition
  • Danish: traditionel — of or relating to tradition
  • Dutch: traditioneel — of or relating to tradition
  • Esperanto: tradicia — of or relating to tradition
  • Faroese: vanabundin — of or relating to tradition
  • Faroese: hevdbundin — of or relating to tradition
  • Faroese: siðbundin — of or relating to tradition
  • Finnish: perinteinen — of or relating to tradition
  • French: traditionnel — of or relating to tradition
  • Galician: tradicional — of or relating to tradition
  • Georgian: ტრადიციული (ṭradiciuli) — of or relating to tradition
  • German: traditionell — of or relating to tradition
  • German: herkömmlich — of or relating to tradition
  • German: überliefert — of or relating to tradition
  • Greek: παραδοσιακός (paradosiakós) — of or relating to tradition
  • Ancient Greek: παραδεδομένος (paradedoménos) — of or relating to tradition
  • Hebrew: מָסׇרְתִּי (masortí) — of or relating to tradition
  • Hindi: परंपरागत (paramprāgat) — of or relating to tradition
  • Hindi: पारंपरिक (pāramprik) — of or relating to tradition
  • Hungarian: hagyományos — of or relating to tradition
  • Icelandic: hefðbundinn — of or relating to tradition
  • Ido: tradicionala — of or relating to tradition
  • Indonesian: tradisional — of or relating to tradition
  • Indonesian: tradisionil — of or relating to tradition
  • Irish: traidisiúnta — of or relating to tradition
  • Italian: tradizionale — of or relating to tradition
  • Italian: normale — of or relating to tradition
  • Italian: ordinario — of or relating to tradition
  • Italian: familiare — of or relating to tradition
  • Italian: comune — of or relating to tradition
  • Japanese: 伝統的な (dentōteki na) — of or relating to tradition
  • Kazakh: дәстүрлі (dästürlı) — of or relating to tradition
  • Khmer: ប្រពៃណី (prɑpeynii) — of or relating to tradition
  • Khmer: ជាប្រពៃណី (cie prɑpeynii) — of or relating to tradition
  • Korean: 전통 (jeontong) — of or relating to tradition
  • Korean: 전통적 (jeontongjeok) — of or relating to tradition
  • Latin: translaticius — of or relating to tradition
  • Latin: trāditiōnālis — of or relating to tradition
  • Latvian: tradicionāls — of or relating to tradition
  • Luhya: butamaduni — of or relating to tradition
  • Macedonian: традициона́лен (tradicionálen) — of or relating to tradition
  • Malay: tradisional — of or relating to tradition
  • Malay: tradisi — of or relating to tradition
  • Malayalam: പരമ്പരാഗത (paramparāgata) — of or relating to tradition
  • Maltese: tradizzjonali — of or relating to tradition
  • Māori: o tuawhakarere — of or relating to tradition
  • Mirandese: tradicional — of or relating to tradition
  • Mongolian: уламжлалт (ulamžlalt) — of or relating to tradition
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tradisjonell — of or relating to tradition
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tradisjonell — of or relating to tradition
  • Occitan: tradicional — of or relating to tradition
  • Persian: سنتی (sonati) — of or relating to tradition
  • Polish: tradycyjny — of or relating to tradition
  • Polish: zwyczajowy — of or relating to tradition
  • Portuguese: tradicional — of or relating to tradition
  • Romanian: tradițional — of or relating to tradition
  • Russian: традицио́нный (tradiciónnyj) — of or relating to tradition
  • Scots: tradeetional — of or relating to tradition
  • Scottish Gaelic: seann-nòsach — of or relating to tradition
  • Scottish Gaelic: traidiseanta — of or relating to tradition
  • Serbo-Croatian: тра̏дициона̄лан — of or relating to tradition
  • Serbo-Croatian: trȁdicionālan — of or relating to tradition
  • Sicilian: tradizzionali — of or relating to tradition
  • Slovak: tradičný — of or relating to tradition
  • Slovene: tradícijski — of or relating to tradition
  • Spanish: tradicional — of or relating to tradition
  • Swahili: kienyeji — of or relating to tradition
  • Swahili: -a kidesturi — of or relating to tradition
  • Swedish: traditionell — of or relating to tradition
  • Tagalog: kinamihasnan — of or relating to tradition
  • Thai: โบราณ (boo-raan) — of or relating to tradition
  • Thai: ดั้งเดิม (dâng-dəəm) — of or relating to tradition
  • Tibetan: ཡུལ་སྲོལ་གྱི (yul srol gyi) — of or relating to tradition
  • Turkish: geleneksel — of or relating to tradition
  • Ukrainian: традиці́йний (tradycíjnyj) — of or relating to tradition
  • Uzbek: anʼanaviy — of or relating to tradition
  • Vietnamese: truyền thống — of or relating to tradition
  • Vietnamese: theo truyền thống — of or relating to tradition
  • Welsh: traddodiadol — of or relating to tradition
  • West Frisian: tradisjoneel — of or relating to tradition
  • Yiddish: טראַדיציאָנעל (traditsyonel) — of or relating to tradition
  • Azerbaijani: ənənəvi — observant of tradition
  • Catalan: tradicionalista — observant of tradition
  • Faroese: hevdbundin — observant of tradition
  • Finnish: vanhanaikainen — observant of tradition
  • Galician: tradicional — observant of tradition
  • German: traditionell — observant of tradition
  • German: traditionsgetreu — observant of tradition
  • German: altmodisch — observant of tradition
  • Greek: παραδοσιακός (paradosiakós) — observant of tradition
  • Hindi: पारंपरिक (pāramprik) — observant of tradition
  • Hindi: परंपरागत (paramprāgat) — observant of tradition
  • Irish: traidisiúnta — observant of tradition
  • Italian: tradizionalista — observant of tradition
  • Macedonian: традициона́лен (tradicionálen) — observant of tradition
  • Malay: tradisi — observant of tradition
  • Malay: tradisional — observant of tradition
  • Maltese: tradizzjonali — observant of tradition
  • Portuguese: tradicionalista — observant of tradition
  • Russian: традицио́нный (tradiciónnyj) — observant of tradition
  • Scottish Gaelic: seann-nòsach — observant of tradition
  • Scottish Gaelic: traidiseanta — observant of tradition
  • Serbo-Croatian: тра̏дициона̄лан — observant of tradition
  • Serbo-Croatian: trȁdicionālan — observant of tradition
  • Slovene: tradicionálen — observant of tradition
  • Spanish: tradicionalista — observant of tradition
  • Swahili: kienyeji — observant of tradition
  • Turkish: gelenekçi — observant of tradition
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