older

See also: Older

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊldə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊldɚ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ)

Adjective

older

1. 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

older (not comparable)

1. elderly

   The thoughtful lad helped an older lady across the street.

Anagrams

• Elrod, Loder, lored, orled, roled

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse aldrigi, cognate with Swedish aldrig.

Adverb

older

1. never

Norwegian Bokmål

Older

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 olderen or oldra, indefinite plural oldre or oldrer, definite plural oldrene)

1. alder (a tree of the Alnus genus)

Synonyms

• or

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)

1. alder (a tree of the Alnus genus)

Synonyms

• or

References

• “older” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.