ancient

Etymology 1
From, from , from , composed of +. The non-etymological /t/ is by analogy with the common ending.

Adjective

 * 1) Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
 * 2) Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
 * 3)  Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
 * 4)  Experienced; versed.
 * 5)  Former; sometime.
 * 1) Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
 * 2)  Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
 * 3)  Experienced; versed.
 * 4)  Former; sometime.
 * 1)  Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
 * 2)  Experienced; versed.
 * 3)  Former; sometime.
 * 1)  Former; sometime.
 * 1)  Former; sometime.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:old

Translations

 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic:, عَتِيق, عَرِيق
 * Egyptian Arabic: عتيق
 * Armenian:, , ,
 * Asturian: antiguu
 * Azerbaijani: antik,, qədimi
 * Belarusian: старажы́тны, анты́чны, стары́, старада́ўні
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Cebuano: karaan
 * Chechen: шира
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Chukchi: тэԓеӈкин
 * Crimean Tatar:
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish: urgammel
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: malnovega, grandaĝa
 * Estonian: iidne, muistne,
 * Faroese: fornur
 * Finnish:, , hyvin vanha
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: antîc
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: უძველესი, ანტიკური, ძველი
 * German:, , ,  ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀρχαῖος
 * Haitian Creole: ansyen
 * Hebrew:, ,
 * Hiligaynon: daan, kinadaan
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: ,
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Istriot: anteîco
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: ежелгі, ерте
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 고대(古代)-의,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: کەونار
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:, эчаккы,
 * Lao: ບູຮານ,
 * Latgalian: senejs
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: древен, стар, антички
 * Malay: ,
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: antik, qadim
 * Maranao: miaoget
 * Mbyá Guaraní: yma
 * Nanai: бапапчи
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: eldgammel, eldgammal, antikk
 * Nynorsk: eldgamal, eldgammal, antikk
 * Occitan:
 * Old English:
 * Ossetian: рагон
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Sardinian: antigu
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: стар, древан, стародреван, антички
 * Roman:, , starodrevan,
 * Slovak: starobylý,, , antický
 * Slovene:, , starinski
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog: sinauna
 * Tajik:, бостонӣ
 * Thai:, เก่าแก่
 * Tibetan: སྔ་མོ
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Turkmen: gadym, gadymy
 * Ukrainian: дре́вній, старода́вній, ,
 * Urdu: قدیم
 * Uyghur: قەدىمكى
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: (古代), ,
 * Yiddish: אַנטיק


 * Armenian:
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Crimean Tatar:
 * Czech:, , , , pradávný
 * Dutch:, , , weleers
 * Esperanto: antikva, malnovega
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: უძველესი, არქაული
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀρχαῖος
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: ,
 * Irish: ársa
 * Italian:
 * Kabuverdianu: antigu, antige
 * Latgalian: senejs
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Maori: aweko
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: eldgammel, eldgammal
 * Nynorsk: eldgamal, eldgammal
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: a kale
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: старода́вній


 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Crimean Tatar:
 * Czech: ,
 * Esperanto: antikva
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: fornaldar-
 * Ido:
 * Malayalam:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: eldgammel, eldgammal
 * Nynorsk: eldgamal, eldgammal
 * Portuguese:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Albanian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Ewe:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Lao:
 * Latin: ,
 * Malagasy:
 * Maltese:, , , , ,
 * Mandarin:
 * Mandarin:, , , , ,
 * Persian:
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ,
 * Slovene:
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish: ,

Noun

 * 1) A person who is very old.
 * 2) A person who lived in ancient times.
 * 3)  One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
 * 4)  A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
 * 1)  One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
 * 2)  A senior; an elder; a predecessor.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:old person
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:predecessor
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:predecessor

Etymology 2
Corruption of.

Noun

 * 1)  A flag, banner, standard or ensign.
 * 2)  The bearer of a flag; ensign.
 * 1)  The bearer of a flag; ensign.
 * 1)  The bearer of a flag; ensign.