relict in Finnish
relict in Finnish is pyhäinjäännös — relict means a person or thing that remains after others have been lost.
relict in Finnish
pyhäinjäännös
(formal) Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.
What does "relict" mean?
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noun A person or thing that remains after others have been lost.
"A small number of linguists believe that Cimbrian is not an Austro-Bavarian dialect but a relict of Lombardic."
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noun (old-fashioned) A person whose husband or wife has died.
"But I am not the penniless nonentity I was when we first met; I can offer an honorable if not a brilliant marriage; and at the very lowest I can provide my wife – my widow, my relict – with a decent competence, an assured future."
- noun A species, organism or ecosystem surviving from an earlier age, once common but now found in only a few places.
- noun A structure or feature that has lasted from an earlier time.
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relict in a sentence
- A small number of linguists believe that Cimbrian is not an Austro-Bavarian dialect but a relict of Lombardic.
- But I am not the penniless nonentity I was when we first met; I can offer an honorable if not a brilliant marriage; and at the very lowest I can provide my wife – my widow, my relict – with a decent competence, an assured future.
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What is "relict" in Finnish?
"relict" in Finnish is pyhäinjäännös. relict means: A person or thing that remains after others have been lost.
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