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Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɐ̃.tʃi.ɡɐ̃ˈtẽ.tʃi
"Eram os costumes de antigamente."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Last year or, more generally, times past, especially a recent or nostalgic former era.
"The museum exhibition celebrated the fashion and culture of yesteryear."
- 1
In the previous year or in past times.
"Things were vastly different in the corporate world yesteryear."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Formed in English by compounding 'yester-' (from Old English 'geostran', meaning yesterday) with 'year'. The term was notably coined or popularized by Dante Gabriel Rossetti in his 1869 translation of François Villon's famous refrain 'Mais où sont les neiges d'antan?' ('Where are the snows of yesteryear?'), shifting its meaning from simply 'last year' to an evocative poetic reference to the distant past.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Yesteryear" is said worldwide
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d'antan
Transliteration: dɑ̃.tɑ̃
"Les neiges d'antan ont fondues."
Vergangenheit
Transliteration: fɛɐ̯ˈɡaŋənhaɪ̯t
"Das ist Musik aus vergangenen Tagen."
dei tempi fu
Transliteration: dei tɛm.pi fu
"Riminescenze dei tempi fu."
antaño
Transliteration: anˈta.ɲo
"Aquellos maravillosos años de antaño."
antigamente
Transliteration: ɐ̃.tʃi.ɡɐ̃ˈtẽ.tʃi
"Eram os costumes de antigamente."
बीता हुआ कल
Transliteration: beeta hua kal
"यह बीते हुए कल की बात है।"
昔日
Transliteration: xīrì
"这让人们回想起昔日的辉煌。"
옛날
Transliteration: yet-nal
"그것은 옛날의 추억이다."
往時
Transliteration: ōji
"往時の面影をしのばせる。"
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