older
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
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
AdjectiveEdit
older (not comparable)
- elderly
- The thoughtful lad helped an older lady across the street.
AnagramsEdit
ElfdalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse aldrigi, cognate with Swedish aldrig.
AdverbEdit
older
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
NounEdit
older m or f (definite singular oldra or olderen, indefinite plural oldre or oldrer, definite plural oldrene)
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “older” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
NounEdit
older m (definite singular olderen, indefinite plural oldrar, definite plural oldrane)
older f (definite singular oldra, indefinite plural oldrer, definite plural oldrene)
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “older” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.