antik — meaning in English

English meaning

• ancient adj Belonging to a very distant, long-past time, especially before the Middle Ages.
• antique noun An object, usually furniture or decorative item, valued for being old and often collectible.

Senses

antik is used for these senses in English:

• ancient (history) Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.

ancient — full definition

1. adj Belonging to a very distant, long-past time, especially before the Middle Ages.
2. adj Very old.
3. noun A person who lived in the distant past, especially in classical Greece or Rome.

antique — full definition

1. noun An object, usually furniture or decorative item, valued for being old and often collectible.
2. adj Belonging to former times; old and often valuable because of its age.

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