older

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): [ˈəʊldə]
• (US) IPA^(key): [ˈoʊldɚ]

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• Rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ)

AdjectiveEdit

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.

2. elderly

   The thoughtful lad helped an older lady across the street.

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ElfdalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse aldrigi, cognate with Swedish aldrig.

AdverbEdit

older

1. never

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

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Older

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, f ‎(definite singular oldra or olderen, indefinite plural oldre or oldrer, definite plural oldrene)

1. an alder (tree of the Alnus genus)

SynonymsEdit

• or

ReferencesEdit

• “older” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

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)

1. an alder (tree of the Alnus genus)

SynonymsEdit

• or

ReferencesEdit

• “older” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.