Shakespeare's plays were written in Elizabethan English.
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Elizabethan
//ɪˌlɪzəˈbiːθ(ə)n//
Synonyms for "elizabethan" (2 found)
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18 translations across 14 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 伊麗莎白時代的 /伊丽莎白时代的 adj (pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom)
Czech
1 entries- alžbětinský adj (pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom)
Dutch
1 entries- elizabethaans adj (pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom)
Esperanto
1 entries- Elizabeta adj (pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom)
Finnish
2 entries- elisabetiaaninen adj (pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom)
- kuningatar Elisabetin valtakaudella elänyt noun (person who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom)
French
1 entries- élisabéthain adj (pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom)
German
1 entries- elisabethanisch adj (pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom)
Greek
1 entries- ελισαβετιανός adj (pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom)
Italian
1 entries- elisabettiano adj (pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom)
Polish
3 entries- elżbietański adj (pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom)
- elżbietanin noun (person who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom)
- elżbietańczyk noun (person who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom)
Portuguese
2 entries- elisabetano adj (pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom)
- isabelino adj (pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom)
Romanian
1 entries- elisabetan adj (pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom)
Spanish
1 entries- isabelino adj (pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom)
Swedish
1 entries- elisabetansk adj (pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom)
Sample sentences
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Elizabethan English is like a foreign language to modern English speakers.
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They are part of an expressive tradition stretching all the way back to Elizabethan pamphlets, with particular roots in fanzines and feminist expression of the 1990s.
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A dim line of ancestors, in every variety of dress, from the Elizabethan knight to the buck of the Regency, stared down upon us and daunted us by their silent company.
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