traditional

English

Etymology

tradition +‎ -al

Adjective

traditional (comparative more traditional, superlative most traditional)

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.

   I think her traditional values are antiquated.

2. Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
3. In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.

Antonyms

• nontraditional
• untraditional

Derived terms

• traditionally

Related terms

• tradition

Translations

of or pertaining to tradition

• Arabic: تقليدي (ar) (taqlidī)
• Armenian: ավանդական (hy) (avandakan)
• Asturian: tradicional (ast)
• Belarusian: традыцыйны (be) (tradycýjny)
• Bulgarian: традиционен (bg) (tradiciónen)
• Catalan: tradicional (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傳統的 (cmn), 传统的 (cmn) (chuántǒng de)

• Czech: tradiční (cs)
• Danish: traditionel (da)
• Dutch: traditioneel (nl), traditionele (nl)
• Esperanto: tradicia (eo)
• Finnish: perinteinen (fi)
• French: traditionnel (fr)
• Galician: tradicional (gl)
• Georgian: ტრადიციული (ka) (tradic'iuli)
• German: traditionell (de)
• Greek: παραδοσιακός (el) (paradosiakós) m
• Italian: tradizionale (it)
• Japanese: 伝統的な (ja) (でんとうてきな, dentōteki na)
• Luhya: butamaduni
• Macedonian: традиционален (mk) (tradicionálen)
• Malay: tradisional (ms)

• Maltese: tradizzjonali (mt)
• Mirandese: tradicional
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tradisjonell (no)

  Nynorsk: tradisjonell (nn)

• Persian: سنتی (fa) (sonati)
• Polish: tradycyjny (pl)
• Portuguese: tradicional (pt)
• Romanian: tradițional (ro)
• Russian: традиционный (ru) (tradiciónnyj)
• Scots: tradeetion
• Scottish Gaelic: seann-nòsach (gd), traidiseanta (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тра̏дициона̄лан (sh)

  Roman: trȁdicionālan (sh)

• Sicilian: tradizzionali (scn)
• Slovak: tradičný (sk)
• Slovene: tradícijski (sl)
• Spanish: tradicional (es)
• Swahili: kienyeji (sw), -a kidesturi (sw)
• Swedish: traditionell (sv)
• Turkish: geleneksel (tr)
• Ukrainian: традиційний (uk) (tradycíjnyj)

observant of tradition

• Finnish: vanhanaikainen (fi)
• German: traditionell (de)
• Greek: παραδοσιακός (el) (paradosiakós) m
• Macedonian: традиционален (mk) (tradicionálen)
• Maltese: tradizzjonali (mt)
• Russian: традиционный (ru) (tradiciónnyj)

• Scottish Gaelic: seann-nòsach (gd), traidiseanta (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тра̏дициона̄лан (sh)

  Roman: trȁdicionālan (sh)

• Slovene: tradicionálen (sl)
• Swahili: kienyeji (sw)