transcription, транскрипция: [ är-ˈkā-ik ]
adjective
Etymology: French or Greek; French archaïque, from Greek archaïkos, from archaios
Date: 1832
1. : having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
an archaic word
2. : of, relating to, or characteristic of an earlier or more primitive time : antiquated
archaic legal traditions
3. capitalized : of or belonging to the early or formative phases of a culture or a period of artistic development ; especially : of or belonging to the period leading up to the classical period of Greek culture
4. : surviving from an earlier period ; specifically : typical of a previously dominant evolutionary stage
5. capitalized : of or relating to the period from about 8000 B.C. to 1000 B.C. and the North American cultures of that time
Synonyms: see old
• ar·cha·i·cal·ly -i-k(ə-)lē adverb