Definition
An old word, phrase, or style that's no longer commonly used; or the practice of deliberately using ancient language and customs.
Etymology
From Greek 'archaios' (ancient) plus '-ism' (a practice or system). The term emerged in Renaissance Europe to describe both obsolete language forms and the intellectual movement of studying ancient texts.
Kelly Says
Shakespeare was full of archaisms even in his own day, using words like 'thee' and 'hath'—yet this made his works feel more poetic and grand, which is probably why archaisms never truly die!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አርኬአይዝም
ar-ke-ai-izm
BNবাংলা
প্রাচীন
pra-cheen
CACatalà
arcaisme
ar-ka-isme
CSČeština
archaismus
ar-kha-ismus
DADansk
archaisme
ar-kai-sme
DEDeutsch
Archaismus
ar-kha-i-smus
ELΕλληνικά
παλαιολογία
pa-lai-o-lo-gia
ESEspañol
arcaísmo
ar-ka-iz-mo
FAفارسی
ارکايزم
ar-ka-izm
FISuomi
archaismi
ar-kha-ismi
FRFrançais
archisme
ar-ki-zm
GUGU
અર્કાયિઝમ
ar-ka-yi-zm
HEעברית
archaizm
ar-kha-izm
HUMagyar
archaizmus
ar-kha-i-zmus
IDBahasa Indonesia
archaisme
ar-kha-izm
IGIG
ọkọ ọkpụkpụ
ọ-ko ọ-kpụ-kpụ
ITItaliano
arcaismo
ar-ka-iz-mo
KMKM
អាចេអូរ៉ា
a-cha-eo-ra
MSBahasa Melayu
archaisme
ar-kha-izm
NLNederlands
archaïsme
ar-khai-sme
NONorsk
archaisme
ar-kai-sme
PLPolski
archaizm
ar-kha-izm
PTPortuguês
arcaísmo
ar-ka-iz-mo
RORomână
archaism
ar-kai-zm
RUРусский
архаизм
ar-kha-izm
SVSvenska
archaism
ar-ka-izm
SWKiswahili
archaism
ar-kai-zm
TLTL
archaismo
ar-kha-ismo
TRTürkçe
archaizm
ar-kha-izm
UKУкраїнська
архаїзм
ar-kha-izm
VITiếng Việt
phong cách cổ
phong cach co