older
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]older
- comparative form of old: more old, elder, senior
- My older brother and I are Catholic twins. He’s older by eleven months, not quite a year older than me.
- 1982, Wall of Voodoo (lyrics and music), “Mexican Radio”, in Call of the West:
- I feel a hot wind on my shoulder / And the touch of a world that is older
Adjective
[edit]older (not comparable)
- elderly
- The thoughtful lad helped an older lady across the street.
Anagrams
[edit]Elfdalian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse aldrigi, cognate with Swedish aldrig.
Adverb
[edit]older
Norwegian Bokmål
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse ǫlr (compare Icelandic elri, Danish el, Swedish al), from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare English alder), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos.
Noun
[edit]older m or f (definite singular olderen or oldra, indefinite plural oldre or oldrer, definite plural oldrene)
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- “older” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse ǫlr (compare Icelandic elri, Danish el, Swedish al), from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare English alder), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos.
Noun
[edit]older m (definite singular olderen, indefinite plural oldrar, definite plural oldrane)
older f (definite singular oldra, indefinite plural oldrer, definite plural oldrene)
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- “older” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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