antiquated

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæntɪˌkweɪtɪd/

Adjective

antiquated (comparative more antiquated, superlative most antiquated)

1. old-fashioned, out of date
   • 1918, Arthur Balfour, Response to Woodrow Wilsons Speech:

     Coming to the third proposition, von Hertling says, with justice, that the doctrine of the balance of power is a more or less antiquated doctrine.

Usage notes

Said of abstract concepts (such as doctrines, notions, ideas, principles, opinions, philosophies, methods, and words), but also of physical objects such as doors and maps.

Synonyms

• backward

Related terms

• antic
• ancient
• antiquary

• antiquarian
• antique
• antiquity

Translations

old fashioned

• Arabic: عَتِيق (ʕatīq), بَالٍ (bālin)
• Bulgarian: остарял (bg) (ostarjal), старомоден (bg) (staromoden)
• Catalan: antiquat
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 過時的／过时的 (zh), 过时的 (zh) (guòshí de), 陳舊的／陈旧的 (zh), 陈旧的 (zh) (chénjiù de)

• Finnish: vanhanaikainen (fi)
• French: vieilli (fr)
• German: antiquiert (de), veraltet (de)
• Ido: antiqua (io)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: seanchaite
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• Italian: antiquato (it)
• Japanese: 古風な (こふうな, kofū na)
• Korean: 구식의 (ko) (gusigui)
• Portuguese: antiquado (pt)
• Russian: устаре́вший (ru) (ustarévšij), устаре́лый (ru) (ustarélyj), старомо́дный (ru) (staromódnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: антикни

  Roman: antikni (sh)

• Spanish: anticuado (es)
• Swedish: föråldrad (sv), gammalmodig (sv), antikverad (sv), urmodig (sv)
• Vietnamese: cũ (vi)

Anagrams

• aquatinted