antique

Meaning

  1. ancient
  2. of the Antiquity

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɑ̃.tik/
Etymology

Inherited from Old French antique, from antic, borrowed from Latin antīquus. Compare also the inherited Old French antive, from the Latin feminine antīqua, which analogically influenced a masculine form antif (compare a similar occurrence in Spanish antiguo).

Cognate with Spanish
Spanish
antiguo

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