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age-old

 
Dictionary: age-old   (āj'ōld')
 
adj.

Very old or of long standing.


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adjective

    Belonging to, existing, or occurring in times long past: ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, hoary, old, olden, old-time, timeworn, venerable. Idioms: old as Methuselah, old as the hills. See new/old.

 
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: belonging to or lasting from times long ago
  Synonym: antique


 
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ældgammel, urgammel

Nederlands (Dutch)
eeuwenoud

Français (French)
adj. - séculaire, antique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - uralt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πανάρχαιος, προαιώνιος

Italiano (Italian)
antico, vetusto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - antiqüíssimo

Русский (Russian)
долговечно

Español (Spanish)
adj. - secular, antiguo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - urgammal, uråldrig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
古老的, 由来已久的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 古老的, 由來已久的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 옛부터 전해오는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 古来の, 長い歳月を経た

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) قديم دذا, دهري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עתיק, מאז ומעולם‬


 
 
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