Antediluvian — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge

a very old person

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæstɹəl/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌantɪdɪlˈuːviən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌantɪdɪlˈuːviən/

5 syllables Say it as /kˈæstɹəl/.

Examples

antediluvian man
a ramshackle antediluvian tenement
antediluvian ideas

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

antiquated ancient archaic antediluvian patriarch antediluvial

Parts of Speech

noun	any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
noun	a very old person
adjective	of or relating to the period before the biblical flood “antediluvian man”
adjective	so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period “a ramshackle antediluvian tenement”

Word Forms

antediluvial	adjective	of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
ancient	adjective	very old
antediluvian	noun	any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

vorsintflutlich

einer der frühen Patriarchen, die vor der noachischen Sintflut lebten

🇫🇷French

antédiluvien

l'un des premiers patriarches qui ont vécu avant le déluge noachien

🇪🇸Spanish

antediluviano

cualquiera de los primeros patriarcas que vivieron antes del diluvio de Noé

🇮🇹Italian

antidiluviano

uno qualsiasi dei primi patriarchi vissuti prima del diluvio noetico

🇳🇱Dutch

antediluviaal

alle vroege patriarchen die vóór de zondvloed van Noach leefden

🇵🇹Portuguese

antediluviano

qualquer um dos primeiros patriarcas que viveram antes do dilúvio de Noé

🇷🇺Russian

допотопный

любой из первых патриархов, живших до Ноева потопа

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पुराना

शुरुआती कुलपतियों में से कोई भी जो नोआचियन जलप्रलय से पहले रहता था

🇧🇩Bengali

এন্টিলুভিয়ান

নোয়াচিয়ান প্রলয়ের পূর্বে বসবাসকারী আদি পিতৃপুরুষদের মধ্যে যে কোন একজন

🇮🇳Tamil

முன்தோல்வி

நோச்சியன் பிரளயத்திற்கு முன்பு வாழ்ந்த ஆரம்பகால தேசபக்தர்களில் எவரும்

🇮🇳Telugu

పూర్వము

నోచియన్ ప్రళయానికి ముందు నివసించిన ప్రారంభ పితృస్వామ్యులలో ఎవరైనా

🇮🇳Marathi

अँटिलिव्हियन

नोआशियन महापुरापूर्वी वास्तव्य असलेले कोणतेही प्रारंभिक कुलपिता

🇮🇳Gujarati

એન્ટિલુવિયન

નોઆચિયન પ્રલય પહેલા રહેતા કોઈપણ પ્રારંભિક પિતૃપ્રધાન

🇮🇳Kannada

ಆಂಟಿಡಿಲುವಿಯನ್

ನೋಚಿಯನ್ ಪ್ರಳಯಕ್ಕೆ ಮೊದಲು ವಾಸಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಯಾವುದೇ ಆರಂಭಿಕ ಪಿತೃಪ್ರಧಾನರು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ആൻ്റഡിലുവിയൻ

നോച്ചിയൻ വെള്ളപ്പൊക്കത്തിന് മുമ്പ് ജീവിച്ചിരുന്ന ആദ്യകാല ഗോത്രപിതാക്കന്മാരിൽ ആരെങ്കിലും

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਐਂਟੀਲੁਵਿਅਨ

ਕੋਈ ਵੀ ਮੁਢਲੇ ਪਤਵੰਤੇ ਜੋ ਨੋਚੀਅਨ ਪਰਲੋ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ ਸਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

مخالف

ابتدائی بزرگوں میں سے کوئی بھی جو نوشین سیلاب سے پہلے رہتے تھے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

上古时期的

任何生活在诺亚洪水之前的早期族长

🇯🇵Japanese

古代の

ノアチアの大洪水以前に住んでいた初期の族長のいずれか

🇰🇷Korean

아주 늙은 사람

노아의 대홍수 이전에 살았던 초기 족장들 중 누구라도

🇻🇳Vietnamese

trước thời hồng thủy

bất kỳ tộc trưởng đầu tiên nào sống trước trận đại hồng thủy Noachian

🇹🇭Thai

คนโบราณ

ผู้เฒ่าในยุคแรกๆ ที่มีชีวิตอยู่ก่อนน้ำท่วมโนอาเชียน

🇮🇩Indonesian

kuno

salah satu leluhur awal yang hidup sebelum banjir besar Noachian

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ما قبل الطوفان

جميع البطاركة الأوائل الذين عاشوا قبل طوفان نوح

🇮🇷Persian

ضد غرق شدن

هر یک از پدرسالاران اولیه که قبل از طوفان نوآش زندگی می کردند

🇹🇷Turkish

tufan öncesi

Nuh tufanından önce yaşayan ilk patriklerden herhangi biri

🇮🇱Hebrew

קדימון

כל אחד מהפטריאכים הראשונים שחיו לפני מבול נוח

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