bygone

English

Etymology

From by (adverb) +‎ gone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪɡɒn/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪɡɔn/
• Homophone: bigon (depending on the dialect)

Adjective

bygone (not comparable)

1. Having been or happened in the distant past.
   • 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit:

     Near by he could see the thicket of raspberry canes, growing tall and close like a tropical jungle, in whose shadow he had played with the Boy on bygone mornings.

Synonyms

• foregone, historical; see also Thesaurus:past

Translations

in the far past

• Belarusian: да́ўні (dáŭni)
• Bulgarian: минал (bg) (minal), предишен (bg) (predišen)
• Czech: minulý (cs), dávný (cs)
• Dutch: vervlogen (nl)
• Finnish: entinen (fi), mennyt (fi)
• French: d’autrefois, passé (fr) m
• German: vergangen (de)
• Greek: αλλοτινός (el) (allotinós), περασμένος (el) m (perasménos)
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• Italian: passato (it) m, andato (it) m
• Latin: praeteritus
• Macedonian: дамнешен m (damnešen)
• Russian: про́шлый (ru) (próšlyj), да́вний (ru) (dávnij)
• Scots: lang syne
• Swedish: förgången (sv)
• Ukrainian: да́вній (dávnij)

Noun

bygone (plural bygones)

1. (usually in the plural) An event that happened in the past.

Related terms

• let bygones be bygones

Translations

A person or occurrence that took place in the past

• Dutch: het verleden, de dingen die voorbij zijn
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• Russian: про́шлое (ru) n (próšloje) (past), было́е (ru) n (bylóje)

Anagrams

• gone by