antiquarian

English

Alternative forms

• antiquitarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

English antiquary

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānus

Old French -ainder.

Middle English -an

English -an

English antiquarian

From antiquary + -an.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ăn″tĭ-kwâr′ē-ən
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæn.tɪˈkwɛɹ.i.ən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: an‧ti‧quar‧i‧an

Adjective

antiquarian (comparative more antiquarian, superlative most antiquarian)

1. Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity.

   antiquarian literature

Translations

pertaining to antiquaries; second-hand

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: антикварен (antikvaren)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (pertaining to antiquity) 古代的 (gǔdài de), (pertaining to antiquaries) 古文物的 (gǔwénwù de)

• Danish: antikvarisk
• Finnish: antikvaarinen (pertaining to antiquaries); antiikkinen (fi) (pertaining to antiquity)
• French: antique (fr) m or f
• Greek: αρχαιογνωστικός (el) (archaiognostikós)
• Irish: seanda, ársaíochta
• Macedonian: антиква́рен (antikváren), а́нтички (ántički)
• Manx: shenn
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: antikvarisk

  Nynorsk: antikvarisk

• Portuguese: antigo (pt)
• Russian: антиква́рный (ru) (antikvárnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: please add this translation if you can
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̏нтиква̄ран

  Latin: ȁntikvāran (sh)

• Spanish: antiguo (es), anticuario (es)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can

Noun

antiquarian (plural antiquarians)

1. A collector or student of, or expert in, antiquities or antiques.

   Synonyms: antiquarist, antiquary

Translations

collector, student or expert

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: антиквар (bg) (antikvar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 古文物研究者 (gǔwénwù yánjiūzhě)

• Danish: antikvar c
• Finnish: antiikin keräilijä (collector); antiikkiasiantuntija (expert)
• French: antiquaire (fr) m
• German: Antiquar (de) m, Antiquarin (de) f
• Greek: αρχαιογνώστης (el) m (archaiognóstis)
• Irish: ársaitheoir m, ceannaí seandachtaí m
• Macedonian: антиква́р m (antikvár)
• Manx: graihder shenn reddyn m
• Polish: antykwariusz (pl) m, antykwarz (pl) m (dated)
• Portuguese: antiquário (pt) m
• Russian: антиква́р (ru) m (antikvár)
• Scottish Gaelic: àrsair m, seanachaidh m, seanaiche m
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: anticuario (es) m, anticuaria (es) f
• Swedish: antikvarie (sv) c
• Volapük: neflifed (vo)

Derived terms

• antiquarianism
• antiquarianist
• antiquarianize
• antiquarianly

Related terms

• ancient
• antic
• antiquary
• antiquated
• antique
• antiquity