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Webster 1913 Edition

Prehistoric

Preˊhis-tor′ic

,

Adj.

Of or pertaining to a period before written history begins;

as, the

prehistoric

ages;

prehistoric

man.

Definition 2024

prehistoric

prehistoric

See also: prehistòric

English

Adjective

prehistoric ‎(comparative more prehistoric, superlative most prehistoric)

Of relating to the epoch before written record.
Nonmodern.

Translations

of relating to the epoch before written record

Arabic:
Armenian: նախապատմական (hy) ‎(naxapatmakan)
Asturian: prehistóricu
Catalan: prehistòric
Chinese:
Mandarin: 史前的 ‎(shǐqián de)
Czech: pravěký m
Dutch: prehistorisch (nl)
Esperanto: prahistoria
Estonian:
Finnish: esihistoriallinen (fi)
French: préhistorique (fr)
Galician: prehistórico
Georgian:
German: prähistorisch (de), vorgeschichtlich (de)
Greek: προϊστορικός (el) ‎(proïstorikós)
Hebrew: פרהיסטורי ‎(prehistóri)
Hindi:
Hungarian: történelem előtti (hu)
Icelandic:
Ido: prehistoriala (io)
Indonesian:
Italian: preistorico (it)
Japanese:

Kannada:
Khmer: បុរេប្រវត្តិ (km) ‎(po’reeprɑvoat)
Korean:
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: pêşdîrokî (ku)
Latin:
Macedonian:
Maltese:
Norwegian:

Bokmål: forhistorisk

Nynorsk: forhistorisk
Polish: prehistoryczny (pl)
Portuguese: pré-histórico (pt)
Romanian: preistoric (ro)
Russian: доистори́ческий (ru) ‎(doistoríčeskij)
Scottish Gaelic: ro-eachdraidheil
Serbo-Croatian: prètpovijēsnī (sh), pràpovijēsnī (sh)
Spanish: prehistórico (es)
Swedish: förhistorisk (sv)
Tagalog:
Tibetan:
Vietnamese:
Volapük: rujenavik
Welsh: cynhanesyddol

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