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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdémodé
Pronunciation / Transliteration: demode
"Ses vêtements avaient l'air un peu démodés."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Old-fashioned; belonging to a time in the past and no longer fashionable or relevant.
"The interior design of the hotel lobby felt quite dated with its 1970s color palette." - 2
Marked with a date or specific chronological period.
"The manuscript was clearly dated, bearing the signature of the author from 1924."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the past participle of the verb date, which traces back to Latin datus (given), originating from the practice of appending a date to letters or documents. By the 19th century, the term shifted metaphorically from indicating a time marker on a document to describing something belonging to or characteristic of a past time, eventually acquiring the connotation of being old-fashioned.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dated" is said worldwide
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démodé
Transliteration: demode
"Ses vêtements avaient l'air un peu démodés."
veraltet
Transliteration: veraltet
"Die Technologie in diesem Büro ist völlig veraltet."
datato
Transliteration: datato
"Quel film è bellissimo, anche se un po' datato."
obsoleto
Transliteration: obsoleto
"Su peinado parecía un poco anticuado y dated."
ultrapassado
Transliteration: ultrapassado
"Aquele estilo de música é considerado ultrapassado hoje em dia."
पुराना
Transliteration: purana
"उसका फैशन सेंस थोड़ा पुराना हो गया है।"
过时的
Transliteration: guòshí de
"这栋建筑的设计看起来很过时。"
구식의
Transliteration: gusig-ui
"그 영화의 특수효과는 지금 보면 너무 구식이다."
時代遅れの
Transliteration: jidaidokure no
"彼の服装は少し時代遅れだ。"
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