how to pronounce antique

/ænˈtiːk/

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antique is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of antique in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… antiques now an antique is theoretically …”

meaning of antique

Antique means old and valuable.

antique frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word antique occurs in english on average 8.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.