ancients in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for ancients in the English»French Dictionary

I.ancient [Brit ˈeɪnʃ(ə)nt, Am ˈeɪn(t)ʃənt] N (gen)

ancient

ancien m

II.ancient [Brit ˈeɪnʃ(ə)nt, Am ˈeɪn(t)ʃənt] ADJ

1. ancient:

ancient (dating from BC)

antique

ancient (very old)

ancien/-ienne

ancient Greece/Rome

la Grèce/Rome antique

in ancient times

dans les temps anciens

the ancient world

l'antiquité f , le monde antique

2. ancient inf person, car:

ancient

très vieux/vieille

I must be getting ancient

je dois me faire bien vieux

ancient historian N

ancient historian

spécialiste mf d'histoire de l'Antiquité

ancient history N U (subject)

ancient history

histoire f ancienne

that's ancient history! fig

c'est de l'histoire ancienne

ancient monument N

ancient monument

monument m historique

ancient Greek N U LING

ancient Greek

grec m ancien

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ancient hatreds

de vieilles haines

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multiséculaire

very ancient

antique cité, théâtre, période

ancient

la Rome/Grèce antique

ancient Rome/Greece

ancien (ancienne) histoire, civilisation

ancient

la Grèce ancienne

ancient Greece

ancien (ancienne) langue

ancient

anciens

ancients

littérature des anciens

literature of the ancients

cela remonte à la plus haute Antiquité

that goes back to ancient times

ancients in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for ancients in the English»French Dictionary

I.ancient [ˈeɪnʃənt] ADJ

1. ancient (old):

ancient

ancien(ne)

2. ancient HISTORY:

ancient

antique

3. ancient inf (very old):

ancient

très vieux

II.ancient [ˈeɪnʃənt] N pl (people)

the ancients

les Anciens mpl

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ancient Greek

grec ancien

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ancien

Ancients

antique lieu

ancient

le grec ancien/moderne

ancient/modern Greek

antiquité

ancient times pl

anciennement

in ancient times

millénaire (très vieux)

ancient

ancien(ne) culture, peuple

ancient

ancients Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

the ancients

les Anciens mpl

ancient Greek

grec ancien

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Flowers like the iris, chrysanthemum, lily and delphinium (blue), were certainly known to the ancients but do not feature much in garden scenes.

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For 2000 years the ancients came here to consult the fabled oracle, leaving grants to build temples across the hillside in serried ranks.

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It is universally known the ancients employed slingers in all their engagements.

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He describes the group as hedonists who met to celebrate woman in wine, and added ideas from the ancients just to make the experience more decadent.

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On campaigns the ancients did not obstruct those in a narrow pass.

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He devours knowledge and the wisdom of the ancients with the voracity of the autodidact he is: the son of poor farmers.

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The contact band looks somewhat like a doorframe, and the term - it was coined by the ancients - is allusive.

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This illusion caused ancients to falsely believe in a geocentric universe rather than the currently accepted heliocentric view.

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The tradition of the ancients vividly affected our own early dramatists.

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You concede that pederasty should not be reinstated, but without clarification only because we do not live like the ancients -- segregated into homes for men and homes for women.

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