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antique

/ɑ̃.tik/

adjective/ɑ̃.tik/

ancient; of the Antiquity

Inherited from Old French antique, from antic, borrowed from Latin antīquus. Compare also the inherited Old French antive, from the Latin feminine antīqua, which analogically influenced a masculine form antif (compare a similar occurrence in Spanish antiguo).