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Meaning of Archaic | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ɑːˈkeɪ.ɪk

Definitions

  1. The prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
    US, capitalized, usually
  2. (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.

Equivalents

العربية قديم مهجور
Azərbaycanca arxaik
Català arcaic
Čeština archaický
Esperanto arkaika
Español arcaico arcaizante
Français archaïque
Gaeilge arsa
Galego arcaico
Bahasa Indonesia arkais
Íslenska gamaldags
Italiano arcaico
日本語 初期 古代の
한국어 고대적
Kurdî antîk
Македонски архаичен
Polski archaiczny
Português arcaico
Română arhaic învechit
Slovenčina archaický
Shqip arkaik
Kiswahili dinari
Türkçe antik
Українська архаї́чний
Tiếng Việt cổ hủ

Examples

“… Archaic Stage … the stage of migratory hunting and gathering cultures continuing into environmental conditions approximately those of the present.”
“[...] prefer the third explanation for the advanced-looking features of Neandertals (Chapter 7) and the Ngandong hominins (Chapter 6), but they have had little to say about the post-Erectine archaics from China.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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