antique
French, adjective/ɑ̃.tik/
antique is spelled A-N-T-I-Q-U-E (7 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,648th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Antique is a French adjective meaning “ancient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ayant existé dans l’antiquité”.
What does antique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ancient
- 2
of the Antiquity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Ayant existé dans l’antiquité. 2. Très ancien. 3. Se dit d’une probité ou d’une vertu exceptionnelle. 4. Dont l’usage, le goût ou la mode sont passés depuis longtemps.
noun: 1. Médaille, statue, vase, etc., datant de l’antiquité. 2. Ancien élève, diplômé de l’École.
noun: 1. Nom donné selon la classification Thibaudeau aux familles de caractères sans empattements, équivalent à la linéale de la classification Vox-Atypi.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of antique
- antiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce antique?
- /ɑ̃.tik/
- \ɑ̃.tik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to antique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is antique in French?
antique appears 13 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).