different between pristine vs antique

English

Etymology 1

From Middle French pristin, borrowed from Latin pristinus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??sti?n/, /p??s?ti?n/, /p??s?ta?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n, -a?n

Adjective

pristine (comparative more pristine, superlative most pristine)

1. Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.

2. Primitive, pertaining to the earliest state of something.

   • Thus fable reports that the fair Grimalkin, whom Venus, at the desire of a passionate lover, converted from a cat into a fine woman, no sooner perceived a mouse than, mindful of her former sport, and still retaining her pristine nature, she leaped from the bed of her husband to pursue the little animal.

3. Perfect.

Derived terms

• pristinely

Translations

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ??????? (príst?s, “a saw, one that saws”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?n

Adjective

pristine (comparative more pristine, superlative most pristine)

1. Relating to sawfishes of the family Pristidae.
   • 2008, J.M. Whitty, N.M. Phillips, D.L. Morgan, J.A. Chaplin, D.C. Thorburn & S.C. Peverell, Habitat associations of Freshwater Sawfish (Pristis microdon)and Northern River Sharks (Glyphis sp. C): including genetic analysis of P. microdon across northern Australia [1]

     This indicates that the present levels of genetic diversity in P. microdon are not unusually low, although the amount of diversity to be expected in pristine populations of coastal species of elasmobranch remains elusive because all populations investigated to date have suffered some degree of decline (e.g. Sandoval-Castillo et al. 2004, Keeney et al. 2005, Hoelzel et al. 2006, Stow et al. 2006, Lewallen et al. 2007).

Anagrams

• Petrinis, spiriten

Italian

Adjective

pristine

1. feminine plural of pristino

Latin

Adjective

pr?stine

1. vocative masculine singular of pr?stinus

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 Belonging to former times, not modern, out of date, old-fashioned.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

Related terms

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