Meaning of Archaic | Babel Free
ɑːˈkeɪ.ɪkDefinitions
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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
- (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
arxaik
Català
arcaic
Čeština
archaický
Esperanto
arkaika
Français
archaïque
Gaeilge
arsa
Galego
arcaico
Bahasa Indonesia
arkais
Íslenska
gamaldags
Italiano
arcaico
한국어
고대적
Kurdî
antîk
Македонски
архаичен
Polski
archaiczny
Português
arcaico
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.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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