traditional

English

Etymology

tradition +‎ -al

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɹəˈdɪʃənəl/, /tɹəˈdɪʃnəl/
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Adjective

traditional (comparative more traditional, superlative most traditional)

Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.
This dance is one of the traditional customs in the area.
I think her traditional values are antiquated.
Communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only.
traditional expositions of the Scriptures
Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.
Relating to traditional Chinese.
Coordinate term: simplified
The traditional form of the character has twice as many strokes as the simplified form.

Synonyms

traditionary

Antonyms

nontraditional, non-traditional
untraditional

Derived terms

African traditional religion
antitraditional
Chinese traditional medicine, traditional Chinese medicine
detraditionalize
ethnotraditional
neotraditional
nontraditional, non-traditional
pseudotraditional
traditional art
traditional birth attendant
Traditional Chinese
traditional climber
traditional climbing
traditional county
Traditional Egyptian
traditional grip
traditionalise, traditionalize
traditionalism
traditionalist
traditionalistic
traditionality
traditional jazz
traditionally
traditional marriage
traditional medicine
traditionalness
traditional owner
traditional publisher
ultratraditional
untraditional

Related terms

catholic
conservative
ordinary
original
puritanical
standard
stereotypical
tradition
typical
usual

Translations

of or pertaining to tradition

Arabic: تَقْلِيدِيّ‎ (taqlīdiyy)
Aragonese: tradizional
Armenian: ավանդական (hy) (avandakan)
Asturian: tradicional
Azerbaijani: ənənəvi
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: традыцы́йны (tradycýjny)
Bengali: রেওয়াজী (bn) (reẇajī)
Bulgarian: традицио́нен (bg) (tradiciónen)
Catalan: tradicional (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 傳統的／传统的 (zh) (chuántǒng de)
Czech: tradiční (cs)
Danish: traditionel
Dutch: traditioneel (nl)
Esperanto: tradicia
Faroese: vanabundin, hevdbundin, siðbundin
Finnish: perinteinen (fi)
French: traditionnel (fr)
Galician: tradicional
Georgian: ტრადიციული (ṭradiciuli)
German: traditionell (de), herkömmlich (de), überliefert (de)
Greek: παραδοσιακός (el) (paradosiakós)
Ancient: παραδεδομένος (paradedoménos)
Hebrew: מָסָרְתִּי‎ (he) (masortí)
Hindi: परंपरागत (hi) (paramprāgat)
Hungarian: hagyományos (hu)
Ido: tradicionala (io)
Indonesian: tradisional (id), tradisionil (displaced)
Irish: traidisiúnta
Italian: tradizionale (it), normale (it), ordinario (it), familiare (it), comune (it)
Japanese: 伝統的な (ja) (でんとうてきな, dentōteki na)
Kazakh: дәстүрлі (dästürlı)
Khmer: ប្រពៃណី (km) (prɑpeynii), ជាប្រពៃណី (cie prɑpeynii)
Korean: 전통(傳統) (ko) (jeontong), 전통적(傳統的) (ko) (jeontongjeok)
Latin: translaticius
Latvian: tradicionāls
Luhya: butamaduni
Macedonian: традициона́лен (tradicionálen)
Malay: tradisional, tradisi
Malayalam: പരമ്പരാഗത (paramparāgata)
Maltese: tradizzjonali
Maori: o tuawhakarere
Mirandese: tradicional
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tradisjonell (no)
Nynorsk: tradisjonell
Occitan: tradicional (oc)
Persian: سنتی‎ (fa) (sonati)
Polish: tradycyjny (pl), zwyczajowy (pl)
Portuguese: tradicional (pt)
Romanian: tradițional (ro)
Russian: традицио́нный (ru) (tradiciónnyj)
Scots: tradeetional
Scottish Gaelic: seann-nòsach, traidiseanta
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тра̏дициона̄лан
Roman: trȁdicionālan (sh)
Sicilian: tradizzionali
Slovak: tradičný
Slovene: tradícijski
Spanish: tradicional (es)
Swahili: kienyeji (sw), -a kidesturi
Swedish: traditionell (sv)
Tagalog: kinamihasnan
Thai: โบราณ (th) (boo-raan), ดั้งเดิม (th) (dâng-dəəm)
Tibetan: ཡུལ་སྲོལ་གྱི (yul srol gyi)
Turkish: geleneksel (tr)
Ukrainian: традиці́йний (tradycíjnyj)
Uzbek: anʼanaviy (uz)
Vietnamese: truyền thống (vi), theo truyền thống
Welsh: traddodiadol (cy)
Yiddish: טראַדיציאָנעל‎ (traditsyonel)

observant of tradition

Azerbaijani: ənənəvi
Catalan: tradicionalista
Faroese: hevdbundin
Finnish: vanhanaikainen (fi)
Galician: tradicional
German: traditionell (de), traditionsgetreu, altmodisch (de)
Greek: παραδοσιακός (el) (paradosiakós)
Irish: traidisiúnta
Italian: tradizionalista (it)
Macedonian: традициона́лен (tradicionálen)
Malay: tradisi, tradisional
Maltese: tradizzjonali
Portuguese: tradicionalista
Russian: традицио́нный (ru) (tradiciónnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: seann-nòsach, traidiseanta
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тра̏дициона̄лан
Roman: trȁdicionālan (sh)
Slovene: tradicionálen
Spanish: tradicionalista
Swahili: kienyeji (sw)
Turkish: gelenekçi (tr)

Noun

traditional (countable and uncountable, plural traditionals)

A person with traditional beliefs.
(informal, uncountable) Short for traditional Chinese.
Coordinate term: simplified
(informal, uncountable) Short for traditional art (“art produced with real physical media”).
Coordinate term: digital
(informal, uncountable, music) Short for traditional grip.
Coordinate term: matched