The cicada has represented insouciance since antiquity.
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Antiquity
//ænˈtɪk.wə.ti//
Synonyms for "antiquity" (90 found)
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2 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesderived
11 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
2 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
91 translations across 43 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- lashtësi noun (ancient times)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀρχαιότης noun (ancient times)
Arabic
1 entries- تَارِيخ قَدِيم noun (ancient times)
Breton
1 entries- Henamzer name (period of history)
Bulgarian
2 entries- античност noun (ancient times)
- древност noun (ancient times)
Catalan
2 entries- antiguitat noun (ancient times)
- antiguitat noun (relic or monument of ancient times)
Chichewa
1 entries- Nyengo Yakale name (period of history)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 古代史 name (period of history)
- 古代 noun (ancient times)
Czech
3 entries- antika noun (ancient times)
- antika noun (the ancients)
- starověk noun (ancient times)
Danish
3 entries- antikken noun (the historical period preceding the Middle Ages)
- oldtid noun (ancient times)
- oldtid noun (the historical period preceding the Middle Ages)
Dutch
2 entries- oudheid name (period of history)
- oudheid noun (ancient times)
Esperanto
2 entries- antikveco noun (ancient times)
- antikvo noun (ancient times)
Ethiopian Sign Language
1 entries- የድሮ ዘመነን noun (ancient times)
Finnish
2 entries- antiikki name (period of history)
- antiikki noun (ancient times)
French
4 entries- Antiquité name (period of history)
- Antiquité classique name (period of history)
- Antiquité noun (ancient times)
- Antiquité noun (the ancients)
Galician
3 entries- antigüidade noun (ancient times)
- antigüidade noun (the ancients)
- antigüidade noun (relic or monument of ancient times)
German
3 entries- Altertum name (period of history)
- Altertum noun (ancient times)
- Antike noun (ancient times)
Greek
4 entries- Αρχαιότητα name (period of history)
- αρχαίοι noun (the ancients)
- αρχαιότητα noun (ancient times)
- αρχαιότητα noun (the ancients)
Hebrew
1 entries- קֶדֶם noun (ancient times)
Hungarian
4 entries- antikvitás noun (ancient times)
- antikvitás noun (relic or monument of ancient times)
- régiség noun (relic or monument of ancient times)
- ókor noun (ancient times)
Icelandic
1 entries- fornöld noun (ancient times)
Ido
1 entries- antiqueso noun (ancient times)
Indonesian
1 entries- antikuitas noun (relic or monument of ancient times)
Irish
1 entries- Cianaois name (period of history)
Italian
2 entries- Antichità name (period of history)
- antichità noun (ancient times)
Japanese
2 entries- 古代 noun (ancient times)
- 昔 noun (ancient times)
Korean
1 entries- 고대 noun (ancient times)
Latin
1 entries- antīquitās noun (ancient times)
Latvian
1 entries- senatne noun (ancient times)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Antiquitéit noun (ancient times)
Malay
2 entries- era kuno noun (ancient times)
- zaman purba noun (ancient times)
Middle English
1 entries- antiquyte noun (ancient times)
Māori
4 entries- whakapata name (period of history)
- nehe noun (ancient times)
- neherā noun (ancient times)
- pāhake noun (ancient times)
Polish
4 entries- starożytność name (period of history)
- antyczność noun (the state of being ancient or of ancient lineage)
- antyk noun (ancient times)
- starożytni noun (the ancients)
Portuguese
4 entries- Antiguidade name (period of history)
- antiguidade noun (ancient times)
- antiguidade noun (the ancients)
- antiguidade noun (relic or monument of ancient times)
Romanian
1 entries- antichitate noun (ancient times)
Russian
2 entries- дре́вность noun (ancient times)
- старина́ noun (ancient times)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- antika noun (ancient times)
- antika noun (the ancients)
Slovak
1 entries- starovek noun (ancient times)
Spanish
2 entries- Antigüedad name (period of history)
- antigüedad noun (ancient times)
Swedish
4 entries- antiken name (period of history)
- antiken noun (ancient times)
- antikvitet noun (relic or monument of ancient times)
- forntid noun (ancient times)
Ukrainian
2 entries- давнина́ noun (ancient times)
- старовина́ noun (ancient times)
Welsh
1 entries- Henfyd name (period of history)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
There was once a bundle of matches, who were all extremely proud of their high descent, for their genealogical tree, that is to say, the tall fir-tree, from which each of them was a splinter, had been a tree of great antiquity, and distinguished by his height from all the other trees of the forest.
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Many peoples of antiquity have been gone for thousands of years, and nobody sheds a tear for them.
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The pagan nations of antiquity always had a tendency to worship the sun, under different names, as the giver of light and life. And their festivals in its honor took place near the winter solstice, the shortest day in the year, when the sun in December begins its upward course, thrilling men with the first distant promise of spring.
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