"diachronic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /daɪ.əˈkɹɒnɪk/ [UK], /daɪ.əˈkɹɑnɪk/ [US] Forms: more diachronic [comparative], most diachronic [superlative]
Etymology: By surface analysis, dia- + chron- + -ic; historically, see synchronous § Etymology. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|dia-|chrono-|-ic|alt2=chron-}} By surface analysis, dia- + chron- + -ic, {{m|en|synchronous#Etymology|synchronous § Etymology}} synchronous § Etymology Head templates: {{en-adj}} diachronic (comparative more diachronic, superlative most diachronic)
  1. Occurring over or changing with time. Categories (topical): Time Translations (changing with time): diakronik (Albanian), տարաժամանակյա (taražamanakya) (Armenian), diacrònic (Catalan), 歷時 (Chinese Mandarin), 历时 (lìshí) (Chinese Mandarin), diachronní (Czech), diachroon (Dutch), diakroninen (Finnish), diachronique (French), diachronisch (German), διαχρονικός (diachronikós) (Greek), diakrón (Hungarian), diacronico [masculine] (Italian), 通時的 (tsūjiteki) (Japanese), цуваа цагийн (cuvaa cagiin) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠴᠤᠪᠤᠭ ᠠ ᠴᠠᠭ ᠦᠨ (čubug-a čag-ün) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), dgiachronique (Norman), diacrônico [Brazil] (Portuguese), diacrónico [Portugal] (Portuguese), diacronic [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), диахронический (diaxroničeskij) [masculine] (Russian), diacrónico (Spanish), diakron (Swedish), diakronisk (Swedish), diyakronik (Turkish), lịch đại (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-diachronic-en-adj-lRWv8gMI Disambiguation of Time: 59 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English terms prefixed with chrono-, English terms prefixed with dia-, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with chrono-: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dia-: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'changing with time': 91 9
  2. Of, pertaining to or concerned with changes that occur over time.
    Sense id: en-diachronic-en-adj-M93NwnFg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: diachronical Derived forms: diachronic linguistics [historical] [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], diachronically Related terms: diachrony

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "changing with time",
      "word": "diyakronik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "changing with time",
      "word": "lịch đại"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diachronic"
}

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