English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "antieke" is "behoort tot die baie verre verlede en bestaan nie meer nie." Dit kan ook verwys na iets wat baie oud is, wat lankal in die verlede bestaan het. Daarbenewens kan dit gebruik word om 'n persoon of kultuur te beskryf wat van 'n tyd lank gelede is, tipies duisende jare gelede.

Sentence Examples

  1. This chamber was in the style of ancient Egypt, with hieroglyphics scrawled on sandstone walls and statues of ancient pharaohs lining the walls.
  2. He takes pleasure in the view of the mountains, the palm trees, the smart white houses with their flat roofs and ancient wooden doors and shutters the same shade of green, the vacant lots filled with wild flowers, the occasional ruin.
  3. The village with its ancient, cuboid farmhouses, their shutters and doors the same shade of green, maintains quietude when the rest of the island swarms with activity the whole year round.
  4. He would describe the first beach, how it lay at the foot of a secret valley carved out of the mountainside by an ancient barranco.
  5. Historian claims the ancient Indian spring was graced with markings that vandals abused in the late 1800s.
  6. Evan and Jed ducked down behind the immense shelf of books nearest to the Masters, peering through the tiny gaps the ancient tomes afforded.
  7. He appeared both masculine and feminine, both incredibly youthful and terribly ancient.
  8. Rows upon rows of ancient books filled the room like a labyrinth.
  9. She left him in his dark corner of the Archives to continue his lustful learning of ancient arts.

TV Series Examples

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off to join the ancient order