traditional

English

Etymology

tradition +‎ -al

Adjective

traditional (comparative more traditional, superlative most traditional)

1. Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures.
2. Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
3. In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.

Antonyms

• nontraditional

Derived terms

• traditionally

Related terms

• tradition

Translations

of or pertaining to tradition

Asturian: tradicional (ast) Catalan: tradicional (ca) Czech: tradiční (cs) Esperanto: tradicia (eo) Finnish: perinteinen (fi) French: traditionnel (fr) Galician: tradicional (gl) German: traditionell (de) Greek: παραδοσιακός (el) (paradosiakós) m. Italian: tradizionale (it) Luhya: butamaduni Macedonian: традиционален (mk) (tradicionálen) Malay: tradisional (ms) Maltese: tradizzjonali (mt)

Mirandese: tradicional Persian: سنتی (fa) Portuguese: tradicional (pt) Romanian: tradițional (ro) Russian: традиционный (ru) (tradiciónnyj) Scottish Gaelic: seann-nòsach (gd), traidiseanta (gd) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тра̏дициона̄лан (sh) Roman: trȁdicionālan (sh) Sicilian: tradizzionali (scn) Slovene: tradícijski (sl) Spanish: tradicional (es) Swahili: kienyeji (sw)

observant of tradition

Finnish: vanhanaikainen (fi) German: traditionell (de) Greek: παραδοσιακός (el) (paradosiakós) m. Macedonian: традиционален (mk) (tradicionálen) Maltese: tradizzjonali (mt)

Scottish Gaelic: seann-nòsach (gd), traidiseanta (gd) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тра̏дициона̄лан (sh) Roman: trȁdicionālan (sh) Slovene: tradicionálen (sl) Swahili: kienyeji (sw)