alder
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- owler (Lancashire)
- aller (UK, dialectal)
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English aldre, alder, aller, from Old English alor, from Proto-West Germanic *aluʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō, *alizō, *alisō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alder (plural alders)
- Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family.
- 1923 October, Robert Frost, “[Notes.] The Axe-helve.”, in New Hampshire […], New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 37:
- I’ve known ere now an interfering branch / Of alder catch my lifted axe behind me. / But that was in the woods, to hold my hand / From striking at another alder’s roots, / And that was, as I say, an alder branch.
- 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 273:
- Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.
- 1967, J. A. Baker, The Peregrine, page 40:
- That's what the tiercel was doing when I found him again in the alder.
Derived terms edit
- alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus)
- Andean alder (Alnus acuminata)
- black alder (Alnus glutinosa, Ilex verticillata)
- black alder winterberry
- brook alder (Ilex verticillata)
- Caucasian alder (Alnus subcordata)
- common alder (Alnus glutinosa)
- European alder (Alnus glutinosa)
- false alder (Ilex verticillata, Cunonia capensis)
- Formosan alder (Alnus formosana)
- green alder (Alnus viridis)
- grey alder (Alnus incana)
- hazel alder (Alnus serrulata)
- Himalayan alder (Alnus nitida)
- Italian alder (Alnus cordata)
- Japanese alder (Alnus japonica)
- Manchurian alder (Alnus hirsuta)
- Mexican alder (Alnus jorullensis)
- Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)
- oriental alder (Alnus orientalis)
- red alder (Alnus rubra)
- seaside alder (Alnus maritima)
- smooth alder
- speckled alder
- striped alder (Ilex verticillata)
- white alder (Ilex verticillata)
- witch alder
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Etymology 2 edit
Clipping of alderman.
Noun edit
alder (plural alders)
- An alderman or alderwoman.
- 2004, Stephanie Luce -, Fighting for a Living Wage, page 121:
- Almost immediately, city alders contacted the campaign to negotiate an ordinance.
- 2013, Dawn Day Biehler, Pests in the City: Flies, Bedbugs, Cockroaches, and Rats, page 180:
- Chicago's mayor Edward Kennelly, the city alders, and many white Chicagoans opposed this siting plan.
- 2017 September 28, Isabel Bysiewicz, “Eidelson reflects on time as alder”, in Yale Daily News:
- After three years as Ward 1 alder, Sarah Eidelson ’12 will leave city government at the end of the year.
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Danish aldær, from Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą.
Noun edit
alder c (singular definite alderen, plural indefinite aldre)
Inflection edit
Derived terms edit
- alderdom c
- alderdomshjem n
- aldersbestemme
- aldersdiabetes c
- aldersdiabetiker c
- aldersformand c
- aldersgruppe c
- aldersgrænse c
- alderspension c
- alderspensionist c
- alderspræsident c
- aldersspredning c
- alderssvarende
- alderstegen
- barnealder c
- bronzealder c
- førskolealder c
- gennemsnitsalder c
- guldalder c
- højmiddelalder c
- jernalder c
- lavalder c
- levealder c
- lømmelalder c
- menneskealder c
- middelalder c
- myndighedsalder c
- overgangsalder c
- pensionsalder c
- senmiddelalder c
- stenalder c
- sølvalder c
- tidsalder c
- trodsalder c
- ungpigealder c
- voksealder c
- voksenalder c
- værnepligtsalder c
Middle English edit
Noun edit
alder
- Alternative form of aldre
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą. Akin to ale (“to raise”), from ala.
Noun edit
alder m (definite singular alderen, indefinite plural aldere or aldre or aldrer, definite plural alderne or aldrene)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “alder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą. Akin to ale (“to raise”), from ala.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alder m (definite singular alderen, indefinite plural aldrar, definite plural aldrane)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “alder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
- ᛆᛚᚦᚽᚱ (Runic)
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse allr, from Proto-Germanic *allaz.
Adjective edit
alder
Declension edit
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | alder | al | alt |
accusative | allan | alla | alt |
dative | allum allom |
aldri aldri |
allu allo |
genitive | als | aldrar | als |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | allir aller |
allar | al |
accusative | alla | allar | al |
dative | allum allom |
allum allom |
allum allom |
genitive | aldra aldra |
aldra aldra |
aldra aldra |
Descendants edit
- Swedish: all
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą.
Noun edit
alder m
Declension edit
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Descendants edit
- Swedish: ålder
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