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— English words —

• ancient adj. Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
• ancient adj. Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity;…
• ancient adj. (History) Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
• ancient adj. (Obsolete) Experienced; versed.
• ancient adj. (Obsolete) Former; sometime.
• ancient n. A person who is very old.
• ancient n. A person who lived in ancient times.
• ancient n. (UK, law) One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
• ancient n. (Obsolete) A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
• ancient n. (Heraldry, archaic) A flag, banner, standard or ensign.
• ancient n. (Obsolete, rare) the bearer of a flag; ensign.

— English word, defined in German —

• ancient Adj. Sehr alt, uralt, antik.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• ancient bijv. Oeroud, uit een ver verleden, uit de oudheid.
• ancient bijv. Oeroud, met een lange geschiedenis of met een hoge leeftijd.
• ancient n. Oude, iemand die in de oudheid leefde.
• ancient n. Oude, iemand die een heel hoge leeftijd heeft bereikt.

— English word, defined in Latin —

• ancient n.adi. Antiquo tempore.

— English word, defined in French —

• ancient adj. Antique, séculaire.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• ancient adj. Antiguo.
• ancient adj. Veterano, experimentado, venerable.
• ancient s. Persona que vivía en tiempos antiguos.
• ancient s. Escritor clásico.
• ancient s. Anciano.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• ancient s. Uma pessoa que é muito velha ou que viveu nos tempos antigos.
• ancient s. (Heráldica⚠) bandeira, estandarte ou insígnia.
• ancient adj. Antigo.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• ancient s. (Araldica) bandiera di forma simile al guidon portata ai funerali.
• ancient s. (Araldica) piccola bandiera posta sulla poppa di una nave.
• ancient agg. Antico, vecchissimo.
• ancient agg. (Araldica) all’antica.
• Ancient s. (Araldica) bandiera dei cavalieri Templari nel tredicesimo secolo: di forma oblunga, troncata di nero e d’argento.

62 English words from 11 English definitions

age ages ancient antiquity archaic associated banner bearer been before belonging Chancery Court duration elder ensign European Existent Experienced flag Former from great having Heraldry historical History Inns Inns␣of␣Court in␣time lasted law lived lived␣in long members Middle Middle␣Ages Obsolete occurring of␣a old One past period person predecessor primarily rare Relating remote senior sometime standard the time times usually versed very who with

21 English words from 20 foreign definitions

all alt Antigo Antique die een guidon heel met nave nos Oude Persona poppa que simile sulla tempos Uma venerable ver

52 foreign words from 20 foreign definitions

Anciano antica Antico antigos Antiguo antiguos antik Araldica argento bandeira bandiera bereikt cavalieri clásico dei Escritor estandarte experimentado forma funerali geschiedenis heeft Heráldica iemand insígnia lange leefde leeftijd muito nel nero Oeroud oudheid pessoa piccola portata posta secolo séculaire Sehr Templari tempore tiempos tredicesimo troncata uit una uralt velha verleden Veterano vivía

40 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

ancients ancienty ancienter anciently ancientry ancientest ancientism ancientness ancientries Ancient␣Rome Ancient␣Egypt ancient␣grain Ancient␣Greek ancient␣Roman Ancient␣Roman ancient␣grains Ancient␣Greece Ancient␣Greeks ancient␣lights Ancient␣Meitei ancientnesses Ancient␣of␣Days Ancient␣Romans Ancient␣Chinese ancient␣history ancient␣document Ancient␣Egyptian ancient␣monument Ancient␣Near␣East ancient␣astronaut ancient␣documents Ancient␣Egyptians ancient␣monuments ancient␣astronauts Ancient␣Kangleipak Ancient␣Macedonian ancient␣marineress ancient␣Near␣Eastern Ancient␣North␣Arabian Ancient␣South␣Arabian

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

state␣and␣ancientry

4 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

unancient nonancient superancient super-ancient

7 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ANC cien ent ENT -ent ent- NCI

4 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

CNA EIC ICN NEI

4 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

cantine catenin enactin tenacin

34 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

actineon anchient ancients ancienty antiacne auncient awncient cabinent canned␣it canniest cantines cantline catenins cat-o-nine cat-o'-nine Centanni centiban enacting enactins enaction enanthic entactin incanted incanter insectan instance in␣the␣can lactenin Licantén Nehantic nunciate octennia tenascin uncinate

21 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

acetin anetic annite ante␣in canine cannet cannit Cantin Cetina enatic incant incent innate nacent nanite neanic nectin Tanice tannic tannie tin␣can

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

ancyent antient ascient

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

anchient auncient awncient

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