pre·his·tor·ic (pr  h -stôr k, -st r-) also pre·his·tor·i·cal (--k l)adj. 1. Of, relating to, or belonging to the era before recorded history. 2. Of or relating to a language before it is first recorded in writing. pre his·tori·cal·ly adv. |
prehistoric
Adjective
of man's development before the appearance of the written word
prehistory n
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| Adj. | 1. | prehistoric - belonging to or existing in times before recorded history; "prehistoric settlements"; "prehistoric peoples" past - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year" |
| 2. | prehistoric - of or relating to times before written history; "prehistoric archeology" | |
| 3. | prehistoric - no longer fashionable; "my mother has these prehistoric ideas about proper clothes" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech unfashionable, unstylish - not in accord with or not following current fashion; "unfashionable clothes"; "melodrama of a now unfashionable kind" |
prehistoric
Translations
adj prehistoric [priːiˈstorik]
of, or belonging to, the time before recorded history a prehistoric monster. prehistories مُتَعَلِّق بما قَبْل التاريخ праисторически pravěký forhistorisk prähistorisch προϊστορκός prehistórico eelajalooline وابسته به ماقبل تاریخ esihistoriallinen préhistorique פְּרֶה-הִיסטוֹרִי प्रागैतिहासिक pretpovijesni történelem előtti prasejarah forsögulegur preistorico 先史の 선사(先史) 시대의 priešistorinis aizvēsturisks prasejarah voorhistorisch forhistorisk, fortids- prehistoryczny pré-histórico preistoric доисторический praveký, predhistorický predzgodovinski praistorijski förhistorisk ก่อนประวัติศาสตร์ tarih öncesi 史前的 доісторичний ماقبل تاريخ thời tiền sử 史前的
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