auld
See also: Auld
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oːld/, IPA(key): /ɔːld/, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 276: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Liverpool" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /aːʊl/
Adjective
auld (comparative aulder, superlative auldest)
Anagrams
Scots
Etymology
From Old English eald, ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *altós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔld/ (Central Scots and some Southern Scots dialects; [d] omitted in some dialects)
- IPA(key): /ald/ (Doric and most Southern Scots dialects; [d] omitted in Doric)
The second pronunciation occurs in Scots dialects with the cat–caught merger (where both are pronounced /kat/; not to be confused with the cot–caught merger), but the first occurs in those who have it.
Adjective
auld (comparative aulder, superlative auldest)
Derived terms
References
- “auld”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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