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[edit] Etymology
Old English ald, from Germanic *alđoz ‘grown-up’, originally a participle form corresponding to Latin altus. Cognate with Dutch oud, German alt.
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old (comparative older or elder, superlative oldest or eldest)
- Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
- an old abandoned building
- an old friend
- Of a living being, having lived for relatively many years.
- a wrinkled old man
- Having existed or lived for the specified time.
- How old are they? She’s five years old and he’s seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old.
- My great-grandfather lived to be a hundred and one years old.
- Former, previous.
- My new car is not as good as my old one.
- 1994, Michael Grumley, Life Drawing
- But over my old life, a new life had formed.
- Obsolete; out-of-date.
- That is the old way of doing things; now we do it this way.
- Tiresome
- Your constant pestering is getting old.
- (color/colour) Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
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- (having existed for a long period of time): ancient, long in the tooth
- (having lived for many years): aged, ageing / aging, elderly, long in the tooth
- (having existed or lived for the specified time): aged, of age
- (former): erstwhile, ex-, former, one-time, past
- (out-of-date): antiquated, obsolete (words)
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of an object, concept, etc: having existed for a relatively long period of time
- American Sign Language: S@Chin S@FromChin
- Arabic: قديم (qadīm)
- Aragonese: biello
- Armenian: հին (hin)
- Basque: zahar
- Bosnian: star bs(bs)
- Catalan: vell m., vella f., antic m., antiga f.
- Chinese:
- Mandarain: 舊的, 旧的 (jiù de), 很久的 (hěn jiǔ de), 古老的 (gǔlǎo de)
- Croatian: star hr(hr)
- Czech: starý cs(cs)
- Danish: gammel da(da)
- Dutch: oud nl(nl)
- Ewe: xoxo
- Finnish: vanha fi(fi)
- French: vieux m., vieil m sg before a vowel or h muet, vieille f., vieilles f. pl. (used before the noun)
- Galician: vello gl(gl)
- German: alt ^
- Greek: παλιός el(el) m. (paliós), αρχαίος el(el) m. (archaíos)
- Hebrew: יָשָׁן (ya'shan)
- Hungarian: régi hu(hu)
- Ido: anciena
- Irish: sean ga(ga)
- Italian: vecchio m., vecchia f., vecchi pl., vecchie f. pl.
- Japanese: 古い (ふるい, furui)
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- Korean: 낡다 (nalkda), 오래되다 (orae-doeda)
- Kurdish: kevn ku(ku), کۆن ku(ku)
- Malayalam: പഴയ (pazhaya), പഴയത് (pazhayathu)
- Norwegian: gammel no(no)
- Occitan: vièlh m., vielha f.
- Old English: eald ang(ang), gamol ang(ang)
- Polish: stary pl(pl) m., stara pl(pl) f., stare pl(pl) n.
- Portuguese: velho pt(pt)
- Romani: phurano m., phurani f., phurane pl.
- Romanian: vechi m., veche f.
- Russian: старый ru(ru) (stáryj)
- Scottish Gaelic: sean, aosda, aosmhor
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: стар
- Roman: star
- Slovak: starý m., stará f., staré n.
- Slovene: star m., stara f., staro n.
- Spanish: antiguo m., antigua f.; viejo m., vieja f.
- Swahili: mkongwe sw(sw), ukale sw(sw)
- Swedish: använd, förlegad, gammal, utsliten
- Tagalog: luma tl(tl)
- Telugu: పాత te(te) (paata)
- Turkish: eski tr(tr)
- Welsh: hên cy(cy)
- West Frisian: âld fy(fy)
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of a living being: having lived for relatively many years
- Albanian: plak sq(sq)
- American Sign Language: S@Chin S@FromChin
- Arabic: كبير السن (kabīr as-sin)
- Aragonese: biello
- Armenian: ծեր (çer)
- Bosnian: star bs(bs)
- Catalan: vell, gran
- Chamicuro: shashaka
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 老的 (lǎo de), 年老的 (niánlǎo de), 老年的 (lǎonián de)
- Czech: starý cs(cs)
- Danish: gammel da(da)
- Dutch: oud nl(nl)
- Estonian: vana et(et)
- Finnish: vanha fi(fi)
- French: vieux m., vieil m sg before a vowel or h muet, vieille f., vieilles f. pl. (used before the noun)
- Galician: vello gl(gl)
- German: alt de(de)
- Greek: γηραιός el(el) m. (giraiós), ηλικιωμένος el(el) m. (ilikioménos)
- Hebrew: זָקֵן (zaken) m., זקנה (zkena) f., זקנים (zkenim) pl., זקנות (zkenot) f. pl.
- Hungarian: öreg hu(hu)
- Ido: olda
- Irish: sean ga(ga)
- Italian: vecchio m., vecchia f., vecchi pl., vecchie f. pl.
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- Japanese: 年寄 (としより, toshiyorí)
- Korean: 늙다 (neulkda), 나이들다 (nai-deulda)
- Kurdish: پیرهمێرد (man), پیرهژن (woman), pîr, پیر
- Latin: vetus la(la), vetulus la(la)
- Malayalam: പഴയ (pazhaya), പഴയത് (pazhayathu)
- Norwegian: gammel no(no)
- Old English: eald ang(ang), gamol ang(ang)
- Polish: stary pl(pl) m., stara pl(pl) f., stare pl(pl) n.
- Portuguese: velho pt(pt)
- Romani: phuro m., phuri f., phure pl.
- Romanian: bătrân m., bătrână f.
- Russian: старый ru(ru) (stáryj)
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: стар
- Roman: star
- Slovak: starý m., stará f., staré n. or bývalý m., bývalá f., bývalé n.
- Slovene: star m., stara f., staro n.
- Spanish: anciano m., anciana f.; viejo m., vieja f.
- Swahili: mkongwe sw(sw), ukale sw(sw)
- Swedish: gammal, åldrig, ålderstigen
- Telugu: ముసలి te(te) (musali)
- Turkish: yaşlı tr(tr)
- Welsh: hên cy(cy)
- West Frisian: âld fy(fy)
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having existed or lived for the specified time
- Bosnian: star bs(bs)
- Catalan: translated by tenir followed by the length of time
- She’s five years old — Ella té cinc anys
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 歲, 岁 (suì)
- I am five years old - 我五歲, 我五岁(wǒ wǔ suì)
- Czech: starý cs(cs)
- Danish: gammel da(da)
- Finnish: vuotias fi(fi)
- I am five years old - Olen viisivuotias
- French: translated by avoir followed by the length of time
- She’s five years old — Elle a cinq ans
- a five-year-old car — une voiture qui a cinq ans, une voiture de cinq ans
- Hebrew: בֵּן (ben) m., בַּת (bat) f.
- She’s five years old — הִיא בַּת חָמֵש שָׁנִים
- a five-year-old car — מְכוֹנִית בַּת חָמֵש שָׁנִים
- Irish: d'aois (of age)
- She’s five years old — Tá sí cúig bhliana d’aois
- Italian: translated by avere followed by the length of time
- She’s five years old — Ha cinque anni
- a five-year-old car — una macchina che ha cinque anni
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- Korean: 먹었다 (meog-eotda)
- Norwegian: gammel no(no)
- Polish: stary pl(pl) m., stara pl(pl) f., stare pl(pl) n.
- Russian: (dative case) ему пять лет
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: стар
- Roman: star
- Slovak: starý m., stará f., staré n.
- Slovene: star m., stara f., staro n.
- Spanish: de + period es(es), que + (tener) + (period) + (unit of time) es(es)
- (e.g., I know his five-year-old daughter = Conozco a su hija que tiene cinco años)
- Swahili: mkongwe sw(sw), ukale sw(sw)
- Swedish: gammal sv(sv)
- Tagalog: luma tl(tl), dati tl(tl)
- Turkish: five years old = 5 yaşında
- West Frisian: âld fy(fy)
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- Chinese:
- Simplified: 过时的 (guòshí de)
- Traditional: 過時的 (guòshí de)
- Esperanto: malnova
- Manchu: (fe)
- Persian: پیر (pir) (1), قدیمی (ghadimi)
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old
- to solve
- to untie
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