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 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 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.