ancien
Meaning
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- old, former, ex- (no longer current)
- ancient (very old)
Concepts
old person
honest-to-god
old stager
sure-enough
very old
pappa
old customs
old style
obsolete article
older graduate
Old
hand-down
exformer
𐐬𐑊𐐼
Synonyms
d’antan
d’autrefois
doyen d’âge
très vieux
de l’antiquité
d’antiquaire
d'antiquaire
du passé
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɑ̃.sjɛ̃/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French ancien, from Old French anciien, from Vulgar Latin *anteānus.
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Sentences
Il 👨 est un ancien 🧓 entraîneur de basket-ball 🏀 franco-américain.
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He is a former French-American basketball coach.
Elle 👩 est la fille 👧 de Wolfgang Feiersinger, ancien 🧓 footballeur international autrichien .
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She is the daughter of Wolfgang Feiersinger, a former Austrian international footballer.