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Yes. The word antique is a Scrabble US word. The word antique is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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7-letter words (2 found)

ANTIQUE,QUINATE,

6-letter words (6 found)

AUNTIE,EQUANT,QUAINT,QUEINT,QUINTA,QUINTE,

5-letter words (15 found)

ENTIA,QUANT,QUATE,QUEAN,QUENA,QUIET,QUINA,QUINE,QUINT,QUITE,TENIA,TINEA,TUINA,UNITE,UNTIE,

4-letter words (26 found)

AINE,AITU,ANTE,ANTI,AUNE,AUNT,EINA,ETNA,ETUI,NEAT,NITE,QUAI,QUAT,QUIN,QUIT,TAIN,TANE,TEIN,TIAN,TINA,TINE,TUAN,TUNA,TUNE,UNAI,UNIT,

3-letter words (34 found)

AIN,AIT,ANE,ANI,ANT,ATE,AUE,EAN,EAT,EAU,ETA,ITA,NAE,NAT,NET,NIE,NIT,NUT,QAT,QIN,QUA,TAE,TAI,TAN,TAU,TEA,TEN,TIE,TIN,TUI,TUN,UNI,UTA,UTE,

2-letter words (18 found)

AE,AI,AN,AT,EA,EN,ET,IN,IT,NA,NE,NU,QI,TA,TE,TI,UN,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 102 words from antique according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of antique

antique

Alternative forms

  • antic, anticke (obsolete)
  • antiq. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Borrowed from French antique (“ancient, old”), from Latin antiquus (“former, earlier, ancient, old”), from ante (“before”); see ante-. Doublet of antic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ænˈtiːk/
  • Rhymes: -iːk

Adjective

antique (comparative antiquer, superlative antiquest)

  1. Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to Greece and Rome.
  2. Belonging to former times, not modern, out of date, old-fashioned.
  4. (typography) Designating a style of type.
  5. (bookbinding) Embossed without gilt.
  6. Synonym of old (“of color: subdued, as if faded over time”)
  7. (obsolete) Synonym of antic, specifically:
    1. Fantastic, odd, wild, antic.

Synonyms

  • (out of date): antiquated, disused, outdated; see also Thesaurus:obsolete

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Translations

Noun

antique (plural antiques)

  1. In general, anything very old; specifically:
    2. An old object perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance.
      Hyponym: junque
    3. An object of ancient times.
    4. (in the singular) The style or manner of ancient times, used especially of Greek and Roman art.
    5. (figuratively, mildly derogatory) An old person.
    6. (obsolete) A man of ancient times.
  2. (typography) A style of type of thick and bold face in which all lines are of equal or nearly equal thickness.
  3. (obsolete) Synonym of antic, specifically:
    1. Grotesque entertainment; an antic.
    2. A performer in an antic; or in general, a burlesque performer, a buffoon.

Synonyms

  • (old person): coffin dodger, geriatric, oldster; see also Thesaurus:old person
  • (man of ancient times): ancient

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

antique (third-person singular simple present antiques, present participle antiquing, simple past and past participle antiqued)

  1. (intransitive) To search or shop for antiques.
  2. (transitive) To make (an object) appear to be an antique in some way.
  3. (transitive, bookbinding) To emboss without gilding.

Derived terms

  • antiquer

References

Further reading

  • “antique”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “antique”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • quinate

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French antique, from antic, borrowed from Latin antīquus. Compare also the inherited Old French antive, from the Latin feminine antīqua, which analogically influenced a masculine form antif (compare a similar occurrence in Spanish antiguo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tik/
  • Rhymes: -ik
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃tik

Adjective

antique (plural antiques)

  1. ancient
  2. (relational) of the Antiquity

Derived terms

  • Grèce antique
  • Rome antique

Related terms

  • antiquité

Descendants

  • → English: antique
  • → German: antik
  • → Hungarian: antik
  • → Indonesian: antik
  • → Luxembourgish: antik
  • → Middle Dutch:
    • Dutch: antiek
    • Afrikaans: antiek
  • → Romanian: antic
  • → Swedish: antik
  • → Turkish: antik

See also

  • ancien
  • vieux

Further reading

  • “antique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • taquine, taquiné

Italian

Adjective

antique f pl

  1. feminine plural of antiquo

Anagrams

  • inqueta, nequità

Latin

Adjective

antīque

  1. vocative masculine singular of antīquus

References

  • “antique”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “antique”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • antique in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

antique

  1. inflection of antiquar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org