ancient
Significat (anglès)
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- Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
- Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
- Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
- (obsolete) Experienced; versed.
- (obsolete) Former; sometime.
Sinònims
very old
of long standing
centuries-old
belonging to the past
Old
old person
very heavy
long time ago
be old
century-old
very expensive
yesterday’s
obsolete article
very early
grey-headed
of the past
not new
extremely old
preceding history
belonging to olden times
not young
mythical king of Persia
of times past
of an old type
anshent
antigue
doyen
from time immemorial
long-ago
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Etimologia (anglès)
From Middle English auncyen, from Old French ancien, from Vulgar Latin *anteānus, composed of Latin ante (“before”) + -ānus (adjective-forming suffix). The non-etymological /t/ is by analogy with the common ending -ent.
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Aneu a la nostra pàgina del curs anglès
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