older
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
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.
- elderly
- The thoughtful lad helped an older lady across the street.
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Elfdalian
Etymology
From Old Norse aldrigi, cognate with Swedish aldrig.
Adverb
older
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
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
older m or f (definite singular oldra or olderen, indefinite plural oldre or oldrer, definite plural oldrene)
Synonyms
References
- “older” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
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
older m (definite singular olderen, indefinite plural oldrar, definite plural oldrane)
older f (definite singular oldra, indefinite plural oldrer, definite plural oldrene)
Synonyms
References
- “older” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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