traditional

English

Etymology

tradition +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹəˈdɪʃənəl/, /tɹəˈdɪʃnəl/

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Adjective

traditional (comparative more traditional, superlative most traditional)

1. Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.

   This dance is one of the traditional customs in the area.

   I think her traditional values are antiquated.

2. Communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only.

   traditional expositions of the Scriptures

3. Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
4. In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.
5. Relating to traditional Chinese.

   Coordinate term: simplified

   The traditional form of the character has twice as many strokes as the simplified form.

Synonyms

• traditionary

Antonyms

• nontraditional, non-traditional
• untraditional

Derived terms

• African traditional religion
• antitraditional
• Chinese traditional medicine, traditional Chinese medicine
• detraditionalize
• ethnotraditional
• neotraditional
• nontraditional, non-traditional
• pseudotraditional
• traditional art
• traditional birth attendant
• Traditional Chinese
• traditional climber
• traditional climbing
• traditional county
• Traditional Egyptian
• traditional grip
• traditionalise, traditionalize
• traditionalism
• traditionalist
• traditionalistic
• traditionality
• traditional jazz
• traditionally
• traditional marriage
• traditional medicine
• traditionalness
• traditional owner
• traditional publisher
• ultratraditional
• untraditional

 

Related terms

• catholic
• conservative
• ordinary
• original
• puritanical
• standard
• stereotypical
• tradition
• typical
• usual

 

Translations

of or pertaining to tradition

• Arabic: تَقْلِيدِيّ‎ (taqlīdiyy)
• Aragonese: tradizional
• Armenian: ավանդական (hy) (avandakan)
• Asturian: tradicional
• Azerbaijani: ənənəvi
• Basque: tradizional
• Belarusian: традыцы́йны (tradycýjny)
• Bengali: রেওয়াজী (bn) (reẇajī)
• Bulgarian: традицио́нен (bg) (tradiciónen)
• Catalan: tradicional (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傳統的／传统的 (zh) (chuántǒng de)

• Czech: tradiční (cs)
• Danish: traditionel
• Dutch: traditioneel (nl)
• Esperanto: tradicia
• Faroese: vanabundin, hevdbundin, siðbundin
• Finnish: perinteinen (fi)
• French: traditionnel (fr)
• Galician: tradicional
• Georgian: ტრადიციული (ṭradiciuli)
• German: traditionell (de), herkömmlich (de), überliefert (de)
• Greek: παραδοσιακός (el) (paradosiakós)

  Ancient: παραδεδομένος (paradedoménos)

• Hebrew: מָסָרְתִּי‎ (he) (masortí)
• Hindi: परंपरागत (hi) (paramprāgat)
• Hungarian: hagyományos (hu)
• Ido: tradicionala (io)
• Indonesian: tradisional (id), tradisionil (displaced)
• Irish: traidisiúnta
• Italian: tradizionale (it), normale (it), ordinario (it), familiare (it), comune (it)
• Japanese: 伝統的な (ja) (でんとうてきな, dentōteki na)
• Kazakh: дәстүрлі (dästürlı)
• Khmer: ប្រពៃណី (km) (prɑpeynii), ជាប្រពៃណី (cie prɑpeynii)
• Korean: 전통(傳統) (ko) (jeontong), 전통적(傳統的) (ko) (jeontongjeok)
• Latin: translaticius
• Latvian: tradicionāls
• Luhya: butamaduni
• Macedonian: традициона́лен (tradicionálen)
• Malay: tradisional, tradisi
• Malayalam: പരമ്പരാഗത (paramparāgata)
• Maltese: tradizzjonali
• Maori: o tuawhakarere
• Mirandese: tradicional
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tradisjonell (no)

  Nynorsk: tradisjonell

• Occitan: tradicional (oc)
• Persian: سنتی‎ (fa) (sonati)
• Polish: tradycyjny (pl), zwyczajowy (pl)
• Portuguese: tradicional (pt)
• Romanian: tradițional (ro)
• Russian: традицио́нный (ru) (tradiciónnyj)
• Scots: tradeetional
• Scottish Gaelic: seann-nòsach, traidiseanta
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тра̏дициона̄лан

  Roman: trȁdicionālan (sh)

• Sicilian: tradizzionali
• Slovak: tradičný
• Slovene: tradícijski
• Spanish: tradicional (es)
• Swahili: kienyeji (sw), -a kidesturi
• Swedish: traditionell (sv)
• Tagalog: kinamihasnan
• Thai: โบราณ (th) (boo-raan), ดั้งเดิม (th) (dâng-dəəm)
• Tibetan: ཡུལ་སྲོལ་གྱི (yul srol gyi)
• Turkish: geleneksel (tr)
• Ukrainian: традиці́йний (tradycíjnyj)
• Uzbek: anʼanaviy (uz)
• Vietnamese: truyền thống (vi), theo truyền thống
• Welsh: traddodiadol (cy)
• Yiddish: טראַדיציאָנעל‎ (traditsyonel)

observant of tradition

• Azerbaijani: ənənəvi
• Catalan: tradicionalista
• Faroese: hevdbundin
• Finnish: vanhanaikainen (fi)
• Galician: tradicional
• German: traditionell (de), traditionsgetreu, altmodisch (de)
• Greek: παραδοσιακός (el) (paradosiakós)
• Irish: traidisiúnta
• Italian: tradizionalista (it)
• Macedonian: традициона́лен (tradicionálen)
• Malay: tradisi, tradisional
• Maltese: tradizzjonali
• Portuguese: tradicionalista
• Russian: традицио́нный (ru) (tradiciónnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: seann-nòsach, traidiseanta
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тра̏дициона̄лан

  Roman: trȁdicionālan (sh)

• Slovene: tradicionálen
• Spanish: tradicionalista
• Swahili: kienyeji (sw)
• Turkish: gelenekçi (tr)

Noun

traditional (countable and uncountable, plural traditionals)

1. A person with traditional beliefs.
2. (informal, uncountable) Short for traditional Chinese.

   Coordinate term: simplified

3. (informal, uncountable) Short for traditional art (“art produced with real physical media”).

   Coordinate term: digital

4. (informal, uncountable, music) Short for traditional grip.

   Coordinate term: matched