"archaism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɑː.keɪ.ɪz.əm/ [UK], /ˈɑɹ.kiˌɪz.əm/ [US], /ˈɑɹ.keɪˌɪz.əm/ [US], /ˈaː.kæɪ.ɪz.əm/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-عُثمان (Middle river exports)-archaism.wav [UK] Forms: archaisms [plural]
Etymology: 17th century, from New Latin archaismus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχαϊσμός (arkhaïsmós, “an antiquated phrase or style”), from ἀρχαίζω (arkhaízō, “to model one's style upon that of ancient writers”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “old, ancient”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning”), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “I begin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂ergʰ-}}, {{bor|en|NL.|archaismus}} New Latin archaismus, {{der|en|grc|ἀρχαϊσμός||an antiquated phrase or style}} Ancient Greek ἀρχαϊσμός (arkhaïsmós, “an antiquated phrase or style”), {{m|grc|ἀρχαίζω||to model one's style upon that of ancient writers}} ἀρχαίζω (arkhaízō, “to model one's style upon that of ancient writers”), {{m|grc|ἀρχαῖος||old, ancient}} ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “old, ancient”), {{m|grc|ἀρχή||beginning}} ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning”), {{m|grc|ἄρχω||I begin}} ἄρχω (árkhō, “I begin”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂ergʰ-||to begin, rule, command}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} archaism (countable and uncountable, plural archaisms)
  1. The adoption or imitation of archaic words or style. Tags: countable, uncountable Hyponyms (poor and high-flown use in writing): tushery
    Sense id: en-archaism-en-noun-iSdGj44- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of 'poor and high-flown use in writing': 79 21
  2. An archaic word, style, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (archaic word, language): argaïsme (Afrikaans), arkaizëm [masculine] (Albanian), ἀρχαϊσμός (arkhaïsmós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), հնաբանություն (hnabanutʻyun) (Armenian), arxaizm (Azerbaijani), архаі́зм (arxaízm) [masculine] (Belarusian), архаи́зъм (arhaízǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), arcaisme [masculine] (Catalan), 古詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 古词 (gǔcí) (Chinese Mandarin), 古語 (Chinese Mandarin), 古语 (gǔyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), archaismus [masculine] (Czech), arkaisme (Danish), archaïsme [neuter] (Dutch), arĥaismo (Esperanto), arkaismo (Esperanto), arhaism (Estonian), arkaismi (Finnish), archaïsme [masculine] (French), მოძველებული სიტყვა (moʒvelebuli siṭq̇va) (Georgian), არქაიზმი (arkaizmi) (Georgian), Archaismus [masculine] (German), αρχαιοπρέπεια (archaioprépeia) [feminine] (Greek), archaizmus (Hungarian), arkaisme (Indonesian), ársaíocht [feminine] (Irish), arcaismo [masculine] (Italian), 古語 (kogo) (alt: こご) (Japanese), アルカイズム (arukaizumu) (Japanese), アーケイズム (ākeizumu) (Japanese), архаизм (arxaizm) (Kazakh), 의고체 (uigoche) (alt: 擬古體) (Korean), 고문체 (gomunche) (alt: 古文體) (Korean), 고어 (go'eo) (alt: 古語) (Korean), архаизм (arhaizm) (Kyrgyz), arkaizmo [masculine] (Ladino), arhaisms [masculine] (Latvian), archaizmas [masculine] (Lithuanian), архаи́зам (arhaízam) [masculine] (Macedonian), shenn-chaaynt [feminine] (Manx), arkaisme [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), arkaisme [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), باستانگرایی (bâstân-garâyi) (Persian), archaizm [masculine] (Polish), arcaísmo [masculine] (Portuguese), arhaism [neuter] (Romanian), cuvânt învechit [neuter] (Romanian), архаи́зм (arxaízm) [masculine] (Russian), архаѝзам [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), arhaìzam [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), archaizmus [masculine] (Slovak), arhaizem [masculine] (Slovene), arcaísmo [masculine] (Spanish), arkaism (Swedish), бостонгароӣ (bostongaroyī) (Tajik), архаизм (arxayizm) (Tajik), arkaizm (Turkish), архаї́зм (arxajízm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), arxaizm (Uzbek), từ cổ (Vietnamese), cổ ngữ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-archaism-en-noun-ahLh0kb- Disambiguation of 'archaic word, language': 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gadzookery, archaicism, archæism [dated], archaeism [dated, rare] Derived forms: archaist, hyperarchaism, pseudoarchaism Related terms: archaic

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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "word": "არქაიზმი"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ársaíocht"
        },
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          "_dis1": "36 64",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
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          "alt": "こご",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kogo",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "word": "古語"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 64",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "arukaizumu",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "word": "アルカイズム"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 64",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ākeizumu",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "word": "アーケイズム"
        },
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "arxaizm",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "word": "архаизм"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 64",
          "alt": "擬古體",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "uigoche",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "word": "의고체"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 64",
          "alt": "古文體",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gomunche",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "word": "고문체"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 64",
          "alt": "古語",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "go'eo",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "word": "고어"
        },
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          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "arhaizm",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "word": "архаизм"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 64",
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "arkaizmo"
        },
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          "_dis1": "36 64",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "arhaisms"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 64",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "archaizmas"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "arhaízam",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "архаи́зам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 64",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "shenn-chaaynt"
        },
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "arkaisme"
        },
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bâstân-garâyi",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "word": "باستانگرایی"
        },
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          "_dis1": "36 64",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "archaizm"
        },
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          "_dis1": "36 64",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "arcaísmo"
        },
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          "_dis1": "36 64",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "arhaism"
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          "_dis1": "36 64",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "arxaízm",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "архаи́зм"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "arhaizem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 64",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "arcaísmo"
        },
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          "_dis1": "36 64",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "word": "arkaism"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 64",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "bostongaroyī",
          "sense": "archaic word, language",
          "word": "бостонгароӣ"
        },
        {
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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "argaïsme"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "roman": "hnabanutʻyun",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "հնաբանություն"
    },
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      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "arxaizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "arxaízm",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "архаі́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "arhaízǎm",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "архаи́зъм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arcaisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "古詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gǔcí",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "古词"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "古語"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gǔyǔ",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "古语"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "archaismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "arkaisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "archaïsme"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "arĥaismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "arkaismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "arhaism"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "arkaismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "archaïsme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "moʒvelebuli siṭq̇va",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "მოძველებული სიტყვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "arkaizmi",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "არქაიზმი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Archaismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "archaioprépeia",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αρχαιοπρέπεια"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "arkhaïsmós",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ἀρχαϊσμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "archaizmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "arkaisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ársaíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arcaismo"
    },
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      "alt": "こご",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "kogo",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "古語"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "arukaizumu",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "アルカイズム"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ākeizumu",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "アーケイズム"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "arxaizm",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "архаизм"
    },
    {
      "alt": "擬古體",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "uigoche",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "의고체"
    },
    {
      "alt": "古文體",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gomunche",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "고문체"
    },
    {
      "alt": "古語",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "go'eo",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "고어"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "arhaizm",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "архаизм"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arkaizmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arhaisms"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "archaizmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "arhaízam",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "архаи́зам"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "shenn-chaaynt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arkaisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arkaisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bâstân-garâyi",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "باستانگرایی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "archaizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arcaísmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "arhaism"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cuvânt învechit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "arxaízm",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "архаи́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "архаѝзам"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arhaìzam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "archaizmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arhaizem"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arcaísmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "arkaism"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "bostongaroyī",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "бостонгароӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "arxayizm",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "архаизм"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "arkaizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "arxajízm",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "архаї́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "arxaizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "từ cổ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "archaic word, language",
      "word": "cổ ngữ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "archaism"
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.