different between veteran vs obsolete

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French vétéran, from Latin veter?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?.t?.??n/, /?v?.t??n/
  • (US) IPA^(key): [?v?.t??.??n], [?v?.??.??n]

Noun

veteran (plural veterans)

1. A person with long experience of a particular activity.
2. (figuratively) A group, animal, etc. with long experience of a particular activity.
3. A person who has served in the armed forces, especially an old soldier who has seen long service; also called a war veteran to distinguish from veterans that weren't in armed conflict.

Derived terms

• veteran car
• Veterans Day

Translations

Adjective

veteran (not comparable)

1. Having had long experience, practice, or service.
   • 1980, Stephen King, The Mist

     “That was in Casco,” his wife contradicted immediately. She spoke in the unmistakable tones of a veteran contradictor.

2. Of or relating to former members of the military armed forces, especially those who served during wartime.

Related terms

• inveterate

Translations

Anagrams

• Neretva, Trevena, aventre, nervate, vernate

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veter?nus (“old, veteran”), from vetus (“aged, ancient, old”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vet?ra?n/, [vet???????n]

Noun

veteran c (singular definite veteranen, plural indefinite veteraner)

1. veteran

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “veteran” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “veteran” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Esperanto

Adjective

veteran

1. accusative singular of vetera

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veter?nus.

Noun

veteran m (definite singular veteranen, indefinite plural veteraner, definite plural veteranene)

1. veteran

Derived terms

References

• “veteran” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veter?nus.

Noun

veteran m (definite singular veteranen, indefinite plural veteranar, definite plural veteranane)

1. veteran

Derived terms

References

• “veteran” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Piedmontese

Noun

veteran m (plural veteran)

1. veteran

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vétéran, Latin veter?nus. Compare b?trân, a doublet inherited from the same source.

Noun

veteran m (plural veterani)

1. veteran (person who has served in the armed forces, or figuratively a person with a long experience of a particular activity; also used in the context of Ancient Rome, referring to a freed soldier granted citizenship and privileges for his service)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veter?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?et?ra?n/
• Hyphenation: ve?te?ran

Noun

vetèr?n m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. veteran

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veter?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?t??r??n/

Noun

veteran c

1. a veteran (former member of armed forces)
2. a veteran (person with long experience)

Declension

Derived terms

• veteranbil

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??bs?li?t/
• (US) enPR: äbs??l?t, IPA^(key): /?bs??li?t/, /??bs?li?t/

Etymology 1

From Latin obsol?tus (“worn out, gone out of use”), past participle of obsol?scere (“to wear out, fall into disuse, grow old, decay”); see obsolesce.

Alternative forms

• absolete (obsolete)

Adjective

obsolete (comparative more obsolete, superlative most obsolete)

1. (of words, equipment, etc.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer).

   Synonyms: antiquated, deprecated, disused

2. (biology) Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.

   Synonyms: abortive, obscure, rudimental

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "obsolete" is often applied: word, phrase, equipment, computer, technology, weapon, machine, law, statute, currency, building, idea, skill, concept, custom, theory, tradition, institution.

Synonyms

• (no longer in use): see also Thesaurus:obsolete

Derived terms

• obsoleteness

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin obsol?t? (“degrade, soil, sully, stain, defile”)

Verb

obsolete (third-person singular simple present obsoletes, present participle obsoleting, simple past and past participle obsoleted)

1. (transitive, US) To cause to become obsolete.

Usage notes

• To obsolete is often used in computing and other technical fields to indicate an effort to remove or replace something.
• Compare deprecated (“no longer considered correct usage”).

Synonyms

• antiquate; see also Thesaurus:make older

Translations

Related terms

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

obsolete

1. inflection of obsolet:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

obsolete f pl

1. feminine plural of obsoleto

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ob.so?le?.te?/, [?ps?????e?t?e?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /op.so?le.te/, [?ps??l??t??]

Adverb

obsol?t? (comparative obsol?tius, superlative obsol?tissim?)

1. old
2. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ob.so?le?.te/, [?ps?????e?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /op.so?le.te/, [?ps??l??t??]

Participle

obsol?te

1. vocative masculine singular of obsol?tus

References

• obsolete in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers