This is an archaism.
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Archaism
//ˈɑɹ.kiˌɪz.əm//
Synonyms for "archaism" (33 found)
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Related words (16)
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1 entriesTranslations
60 translations across 49 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- argaïsme noun (archaic word, language)
Albanian
1 entries- arkaizëm noun (archaic word, language)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀρχαϊσμός noun (archaic word, language)
Armenian
1 entries- հնաբանություն noun (archaic word, language)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- arxaizm noun (archaic word, language)
Belarusian
1 entries- архаі́зм noun (archaic word, language)
Bulgarian
1 entries- архаи́зъм noun (archaic word, language)
Catalan
1 entries- arcaisme noun (archaic word, language)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 古詞 /古词 noun (archaic word, language)
- 古語 /古语 noun (archaic word, language)
Czech
1 entries- archaismus noun (archaic word, language)
Danish
1 entries- arkaisme noun (archaic word, language)
Dutch
1 entries- archaïsme noun (archaic word, language)
Esperanto
2 entries- arkaismo noun (archaic word, language)
- arĥaismo noun (archaic word, language)
Estonian
1 entries- arhaism noun (archaic word, language)
Finnish
1 entries- arkaismi noun (archaic word, language)
French
1 entries- archaïsme noun (archaic word, language)
Georgian
2 entries- არქაიზმი noun (archaic word, language)
- მოძველებული სიტყვა noun (archaic word, language)
German
1 entries- Archaismus noun (archaic word, language)
Greek
1 entries- αρχαιοπρέπεια noun (archaic word, language)
Hungarian
1 entries- archaizmus noun (archaic word, language)
Indonesian
1 entries- arkaisme noun (archaic word, language)
Irish
1 entries- ársaíocht noun (archaic word, language)
Italian
1 entries- arcaismo noun (archaic word, language)
Japanese
3 entries- アルカイズム noun (archaic word, language)
- アーケイズム noun (archaic word, language)
- 古語 noun (archaic word, language)
Kazakh
1 entries- архаизм noun (archaic word, language)
Korean
3 entries- 고문체 noun (archaic word, language)
- 고어 noun (archaic word, language)
- 의고체 noun (archaic word, language)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- архаизм noun (archaic word, language)
Ladino
1 entries- arkaizmo noun (archaic word, language)
Latvian
1 entries- arhaisms noun (archaic word, language)
Lithuanian
1 entries- archaizmas noun (archaic word, language)
Macedonian
1 entries- архаи́зам noun (archaic word, language)
Manx
1 entries- shenn-chaaynt noun (archaic word, language)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- arkaisme noun (archaic word, language)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- arkaisme noun (archaic word, language)
Persian
1 entries- باستانگرایی noun (archaic word, language)
Polish
1 entries- archaizm noun (archaic word, language)
Portuguese
1 entries- arcaísmo noun (archaic word, language)
Romanian
2 entries- arhaism noun (archaic word, language)
- cuvânt învechit noun (archaic word, language)
Russian
1 entries- архаи́зм noun (archaic word, language)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- arhaìzam noun (archaic word, language)
- архаѝзам noun (archaic word, language)
Slovak
1 entries- archaizmus noun (archaic word, language)
Slovene
1 entries- arhaizem noun (archaic word, language)
Spanish
1 entries- arcaísmo noun (archaic word, language)
Swedish
1 entries- arkaism noun (archaic word, language)
Tajik
2 entries- архаизм noun (archaic word, language)
- бостонгароӣ noun (archaic word, language)
Turkish
1 entries- arkaizm noun (archaic word, language)
Ukrainian
1 entries- архаї́зм noun (archaic word, language)
Uzbek
1 entries- arxaizm noun (archaic word, language)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cổ ngữ noun (archaic word, language)
- từ cổ noun (archaic word, language)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Isn't that an archaism?
Source: tatoeba (10774570)
It is not improbable that, like English poets of a later time, Layamon affected a certain archaism in language, as giving greater beauty and interest to his style.
Source: tatoeba (12150281)
In this text, the word "methinks" appears to be a deliberate archaism.
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