antiek — meaning in English
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English meaning
- ancient adj Belonging to a very distant, long-past time, especially before the Middle Ages.
- antediluvian adj Belonging to the time before the great flood in the Bible, or, more broadly, before a similarly huge flood in another story.
- antique noun An object, usually furniture or decorative item, valued for being old and often collectible.
Senses
antiek is used for these senses in English:
- ancient Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
- antediluvian (by extension) Of animals and plants: long extinct; prehistoric.
ancient — full definition
- adj Belonging to a very distant, long-past time, especially before the Middle Ages.
- adj Very old.
- noun A person who lived in the distant past, especially in classical Greece or Rome.
antediluvian — full definition
- adj Belonging to the time before the great flood in the Bible, or, more broadly, before a similarly huge flood in another story.
- adj Describing plants or animals that died out long ago; prehistoric.
- adj Extremely old; ancient.
- adj So out of date that it seems almost laughably old-fashioned.
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