Definitions of Antique [ænˈtik]

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Definition of 'Antique'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) antique
of or belonging to the past; not modern.

2.  antique
dating from a period long ago:
antique furniture.

3.  antique
in the tradition or style of an earlier period.

4.  antique
old-fashioned; antiquated.

5.  antique
of or belonging to the ancient Greeks and Romans.

6.  antique
(of paper) neither calendered nor coated and having a rough surface.

7.  antique
ancient.

8. (n.) antique
a piece of furniture, decorative object, or work of art produced in a former period, or, according to U.S. customs laws, 100 years before date of purchase.

9.  antique
the antique style, usu. Greek or Roman, esp. in art.

10. (v.t.) antique
to finish or treat so as to give an antique appearance.

11. (v.i.) antique
to shop for or collect antiques.

Etymology: (1520–30; < MF < L antīquus, antīcus, existing earlier, ancient, der. of ante; see ante -)

Definition of 'Antique'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) old-timer, oldtimer, gaffer, old geezer, antique
an elderly man

2. (adj) antique
any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity

3. (adj) antique
made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age
"the beautiful antique French furniture"

4. (adj) antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p), outmoded, passe, passee
out of fashion
"a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"

5. (verb) age-old, antique
belonging to or lasting from times long ago
"age-old customs"; "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness"

6. (verb) antique
shop for antiques
"We went antiquing on Saturday"

7. (verb) antique, antiquate
give an antique appearance to
"antique furniture"

Definition of 'Antique'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) antique
old and valuable
antique furniture

Definition of 'Antique'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Antique
old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome

2. (adj) Antique
old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe

3. (adj) Antique
made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence."

4. (adj) Antique
odd; fantastic

5. (adj) Antique
in general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases

Translation of 'Antique'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: old and usually valuable an antique chair.
Afrikaans: antiek	Arabic: عَتيق	Bulgarian: старинен
Brazilian: antigo	Czech: starožitný	German: antik
Danish: antik; gammel	Greek: αντίκα	Spanish: antiguo
Estonian: antiikne	Farsi: عتیقه	Finnish: antiikkinen
French: ancien	Hebrew: עָתִיק	Hindi: पुरातन
Croatian: antikni	Hungarian: antik	Indonesian: antik
Icelandic: frá fyrra stíltímabili	Italian: antico	Japanese: 時代ものの
Korean: 골동의	Lithuanian: senoviškas	Latvian: antīks
Malay: antik	Dutch: antiek	Norwegian: antikk, gammel
Polish: zabytkowy	Persian: عتیقه	Pashto: پخوانی آثار
Portuguese: antigo	Romanian: vechi (şi valoros)	Russian: антикварный
Slovak: starožitný	Slovenian: starinski	Serbian: starinski
Swedish: antik	Thai: ซึ่งเป็นของโบราณและมีค่า	Turkish: antika
Taiwanese: 古老並且珍貴的	Ukrainian: старовинний, антикварний	Urdu: پرانا اور قیمتی
Vietnamese: cổ xưa	Chinese: 古时的
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