aging

English

Alternative forms

• ageing (Commonwealth English)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.dʒɪŋ/

Verb

aging

1. present participle of age

Noun

aging (countable and uncountable, plural agings) (US, Canada)

1. The process of becoming older or more mature.
2. The deliberate process of making something (such as an antique) appear (or, in science fiction, become) older than it is.
3. (gerontology) Becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time; progressing loss of health, mobility, vibrancy and body functionality, resulting in biological death.
4. Wear, wear and tear.

Translations

the process of becoming older or more mature

• Azerbaijani: qocalma (of people), köhnəlmə (of things)
• Bulgarian: стареене (stareene)
• Catalan: envelliment (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 老化 (zh) (lǎohuà)

• Czech: stárnutí (cs) n
• Danish: ældning c
• Estonian: vananemine
• Finnish: vanheneminen (fi), ikääntyminen (fi)
• French: vieillissement (fr) m
• Galician: envellecemento (gl) m
• German: Altern (de) n
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• Indonesian: penuaan (id)
• Italian: invecchiamento (it) m
• Japanese: 老化 (ja) (ろうか, rōka)
• Korean: 노화 (ko) (nohwa), 로화 (ko) (rohwa) (North Korea)
• Ngazidja Comorian: uɗuhazi class 11
• Persian: پیری (fa) (pīrī), پیرش (pīreš), سالخوردگی (fa) (sālxwardegī)
• Polish: starzenie się
• Portuguese: envelhecimento (pt) m
• Russian: старе́ние (ru) n (starénije)
• Spanish: envejecimiento (es) m
• Volapük: bäldikam

the deliberate process of making something (such as an antique) appear older than it is

• Portuguese: envelhecimento (pt) m
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becoming senescent

• Finnish: vanheneminen (fi)
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Adjective

aging (comparative more aging, superlative most aging)

1. Becoming elderly.

   The aging artist could no longer steadily hold the brush.

Usage notes

• Comparative and superlative forms are rare.

Translations

becoming elderly

• Bulgarian: застаряващ (bg) (zastarjavašt)
• Finnish: vanheneva (fi), ikääntyvä (fi)
• French: vieillissant (fr)
• German: alternd (de)
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• Hungarian: korosodó (hu), öregedő (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: aldrende (no)

  Nynorsk: aldrande

• Romanian: îmbătrânire (ro)
• Russian: старе́ющий (ru) (staréjuščij)

Anagrams

• Gangi, nigga