antiquity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English antiquyte, antiquite, antiquytee, a borrowing from Old French antiquité, antiquitet, from Latin antiquitas, from antiquus. Equivalent to antique + -ity. See antique, antic. Compare with French antiquité.
Base: antique
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: antiquities
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: antiquitie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Ancient times; faraway history; former ages.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
gloss: The people of ancient times.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has avowed.
gloss: An old gentleman.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench.
gloss: The historical period preceding the Middle Ages (c. 500-1500), primarily relating to European history.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A relic or monument of ancient times, such as a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: New video released by ISIS shows militants smashing what they say are antiquities at a museum in Mosul, Iraq.
gloss: The state of being ancient or of ancient lineage.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.
Related words: ancient
antic
antiquarian
antiquary
antiquated
antique
Derived words: antiquitarian
antiquitarianism
antiquitary
antiquitech
antiquitist
antiquitization
antiquitize
antiquitous
Antiquity
classical antiquity
Late Antiquity
preantiquity
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: lashtësi
lang: Amharic
word: ጥንት
roman: ṭənt
lang: Arabic
word: تَارِيخ قَدِيم
roman: tārīḵ qadīm
lang: Bulgarian
word: древност
roman: drevnost
lang: Bulgarian
word: античност
roman: antičnost
lang: Catalan
word: antiguitat
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 古代
roman: gǔdài
lang: Czech
word: antika
lang: Czech
word: starověk
lang: Danish
word: oldtid
lang: Dutch
word: oudheid
lang: Esperanto
word: antikveco
lang: Esperanto
word: antikvo
lang: Ethiopian Sign Language
word: የድሮ ዘመነን
lang: Finnish
word: antiikki
lang: French
word: Antiquité
lang: Galician
word: antigüidade
lang: German
word: Antike
lang: German
word: Altertum
lang: Greek
word: αρχαιότητα
roman: archaiótita
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀρχαιότης
roman: arkhaiótēs
lang: Hebrew
word: קֶדֶם
roman: qédem
lang: Hungarian
word: antikvitás
lang: Hungarian
word: ókor
lang: Icelandic
word: fornöld
lang: Ido
word: antiqueso
lang: Italian
word: antichità
lang: Japanese
word: 昔
roman: mukashi
lang: Japanese
word: 古代
roman: kodai
lang: Korean
word: 고대
roman: godae
lang: Latin
word: antīquitās
lang: Latvian
word: senatne
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Antiquitéit
lang: Malay
word: zaman purba
lang: Malay
word: era kuno
lang: Māori
word: pāhake
lang: Māori
word: whakapata
lang: Māori
word: nehe
lang: Māori
word: neherā
lang: Māori
word: tua whakarere
lang: Middle English
word: antiquyte
lang: Polish
word: antyk
lang: Polish
word: starożytność
lang: Portuguese
word: antiguidade
lang: Romanian
word: antichitate
lang: Russian
word: дре́вность
roman: drévnostʹ
lang: Russian
word: старина́
roman: stariná
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: antika
lang: Slovak
word: starovek
lang: Spanish
word: antigüedad
lang: Swedish
word: antiken
lang: Swedish
word: forntid
lang: Tigrinya
word: ጥንቲ
roman: ṭənti
lang: Ukrainian
word: давнина́
roman: davnyná
lang: Ukrainian
word: старовина́
roman: starovyná
lang: Czech
word: antika
lang: French
word: Antiquité
lang: Galician
word: antigüidade
lang: Greek
word: αρχαιότητα
roman: archaiótita
lang: Greek
word: αρχαίοι
roman: archaíoi
lang: Hungarian
word: ókoriak
lang: Polish
word: starożytni
lang: Portuguese
word: antiguidade
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: antika
lang: Catalan
word: antiguitat
lang: French
word: antiquité
lang: Galician
word: antigüidade
lang: Hungarian
word: antikvitás
lang: Hungarian
word: régiség
lang: Indonesian
word: antikuitas
lang: Macedonian
word: антиквитет
roman: antikvitet
lang: Portuguese
word: antiguidade
lang: Swedish
word: antikvitet