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English

Alternative forms

• anticke (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French antique (“ancient, old”), from Latin antiquus (“former, earlier, ancient, old”), from ante (“before”); see ante-. Doublet of antic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æn?ti?k/
• Rhymes: -i?k

Adjective

antique (comparative antiquer, superlative antiquest)

1. Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to Greece and Rome.
2. Belonging to former times, not modern, out of date, old-fashioned.
3. (typography) Designating a style of type.
4. (bookbinding) Embossed without gilt.
5. (obsolete) Synonym of antic, specifically:
   1. Fantastic, odd, wild, antic.

Synonyms

• (out of date): antiquated, disused, outdated; see also Thesaurus:obsolete

Derived terms

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Translations

Noun

antique (plural antiques)

1. In general, anything very old; specifically:
   2. An old object perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance.
   3. An object of ancient times.
   4. (in the singular) The style or manner of ancient times, used especially of Greek and Roman art.
   5. (figuratively, mildly derogatory) An old person.
   6. (obsolete) A man of ancient times.
2. (typography) A style of type of thick and bold face in which all lines are of equal or nearly equal thickness.
3. (obsolete) Synonym of antic, specifically:
   1. Grotesque entertainment; an antic.
   2. A performer in an antic; or in general, a burlesque performer, a buffoon.

Synonyms

• (old person): coffin dodger, geriatric, oldster; see also Thesaurus:old person
• (man of ancient times): ancient

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

antique (third-person singular simple present antiques, present participle antiquing, simple past and past participle antiqued)

1. (intransitive) To search or shop for antiques.
2. (transitive) To make an object appear to be an antique in some way.
3. (transitive, bookbinding) To emboss without gilding.

Further reading

• antique in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• antique in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

References

Anagrams

• quinate

French

Etymology

From Old French antique, from antic, borrowed from Latin ant?quus. Confer also the inherited Old French antive, from the Latin feminine ant?qua, which analogically influenced a masculine form antif (compare a similar occurrence in Spanish antiguo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.tik/
• Rhymes: -ik
• Rhymes: -??tik

Adjective

antique (plural antiques)

1. ancient
2. relating to the Antiquity

Derived terms

• Grèce antique
• Rome antique

Related terms

• antiquité

See also

• ancien
• vieux

Further reading

• “antique” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• taquine, taquiné

Italian

Adjective

antique

1. feminine plural of antiquo

Anagrams

• nequità

Latin

Adjective

ant?que

1. vocative masculine singular of ant?quus

References

• antique in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• antique in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• antique in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Verb

antique

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of antiquar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of antiquar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of antiquar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of antiquar

English

Alternative forms

• antiquitarian

Etymology

From antiquary +? -an.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æn.t??kw??.i.?n/

Adjective

antiquarian (comparative more antiquarian, superlative most antiquarian)

1. Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity.

Translations

Noun

antiquarian (plural antiquarians)

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

   Synonym: antiquary

Translations

Derived terms

• antiquarianism
• antiquarianist

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