traditional
AdjectiveUS[truh-dish-uh-nuhl]/trəˈdɪʃənəl/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (2)
- consisting of or derived from tradition“traditional history”“traditional morality”Opposite nontraditionalSimilar conventional, handed-down, classical, traditionalistic
- pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines“the simple security of traditional assumptions has vanished”Opposite unorthodoxSimilar orthodox
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Translations
Adjective of or relating to tradition
- Spanish
- tradicional
- French
- traditionnel
- German
- traditionell
- Italian
- tradizionale
- Portuguese
- tradicional
- Turkish
- geleneksel
- Russian
- традицио́нный tradiciónnyj
- Arabic
- تَقْلِيدِيّ taqlīdiyy
- Japanese
- 伝統的 dentōteki
- Dutch
- traditioneel
25 more languages
- Polish
- tradycyjny
- Swedish
- traditionell
- Greek
- παραδοσιακός paradosiakós
- Korean
- 전통적 jeontongjeok
- Indonesian
- tradisional
- Vietnamese
- truyền thống
- Hungarian
- hagyományos
- Portuguese (PT)
- tradicional
- Catalan
- tradicional
- Czech
- tradiční
- Danish
- traditionel
- Esperanto
- tradicia
- Finnish
- perinteinen
- Georgian
- ტრადიციული ṭradiciuli
- Icelandic
- hefðbundinn
- Kurdish
- kevneşopî
- Norwegian
- tradisjonell
- Romanian
- tradițional
- Scottish Gaelic
- seann-nòsach
- Serbo-Croatian
- tradicionalan
- Slovak
- tradičný
- Slovenian
- tradicionalen
- Swahili
- kienyeji
- Welsh
- traddodiadol
- Yiddish
- טראַדיציאָנעל traditsyonel
Adjective observant of tradition
- Spanish
- tradicionalista
- German
- traditionell
- Portuguese
- tradicionalista
- Turkish
- gelenekçi
- Russian
- традицио́нный tradiciónnyj
- Arabic
- تقليدي taqlīdiyy
- Dutch
- traditioneel
- Polish
- tradycyjny
- Greek
- παραδοσιακός paradosiakós
- Hungarian
- hagyományos
6 more languages
- Portuguese (PT)
- tradicionalista
- Catalan
- tradicionalista
- Hebrew
- מסורתי masorti
- Scottish Gaelic
- seann-nòsach
- Swahili
- kienyeji
- Yiddish
- טראַדיציאָנעל traditsyonel
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Tra·di′tion·al adjective
Origin: Cf. F. traditionnel, LL. traditionalis.
1. Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures.
2. Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned. rare William Shakespeare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54