archaic
/ɑːˈkeɪɪk/adjective
उच्चारण आर्केइक
पुरातन, अप्रचलित, पुराना
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old and no longer used
पुरातन, अप्रचलित, पुराना
- archaic laws from the colonial period
- 'Thou' is an archaic form of 'you'.
- The word 'whom' sounds archaic to many young speakers.
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- The company is still run under archaic rules from the 1950s.
- Some archaic customs are slowly disappearing from the village.
Synonyms obsolete antiquated outdated old-fashioned bygone
Opposite modern current contemporary up-to-date
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from a much earlier or ancient period of time
प्राचीन, आदिकालीन
- archaic civilizations
- The cave contained archaic paintings thousands of years old.
- Archaeologists found tools from an archaic settlement near the river.
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- The museum has archaic coins from before the rise of the great empires.
- Scholars study archaic scripts to understand ancient trade.
Synonyms ancient primitive early prehistoric
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
obsolete antiquated outdated old-fashioned bygone ancient primitive early prehistoric
Antonyms
modern current contemporary up-to-date recent
AaSpelling
ar·cha·ic
Spelling and pronunciation: ar-cha-ic, with ch pronounced /k/, /ɑːˈkeɪɪk/ (not 'arkaic' or 'archiac').
Spelling और pronunciation में ar-cha-ic, ch की ध्वनि /k/, /ɑːˈkeɪɪk/ ('arkaic' या 'archiac' गलत है)।
?Which word?
Keep the old words together: archaic (no longer used, especially of language), obsolete (replaced by something new), antiquated (old-fashioned and inconvenient), ancient (very old).
पुराने के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: archaic (अब प्रयुक्त नहीं, विशेषकर भाषा), obsolete (नई चीज़ से प्रतिस्थापित), antiquated (पुराना और असुविधाजनक), ancient (बहुत पुराना)।
⌂Word origin and word building
Arch- or archae- means ancient (archaeology, archive).
Arch- या archae- का अर्थ प्राचीन है (archaeology, archive)।