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English
Etymology
From Middle English age , Old French aage, eage, edage , from an assumed Vulgar Latin *aetāticum , derived from Latin aetātem , itself derived from aevum ( “ lifetime ” ) , ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- ( “ vital force ” ) . Compare French âge .
Displaced native Old English ieldu .
Pronunciation
Noun
age (countable and uncountable , plural ages )
( countable ) The whole duration of a being , whether human , animal , plant , or other kind, being alive .
( countable ) The number of full years , months , days , hours , etc., that someone, or something, has been alive.
2013 July 1, Peter Wilby , “Finland’s education ambassador spreads the word”, in The Guardian , London, archived from the original on 16 July 2017 ; republished as “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly , volume 189 , number 6, London, 2013 July 19, page 30 :Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.
( countable ) One of the stages of life .
the age of infancy
( countable ) The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested .
the age of consent; the age of discretion
( countable ) A particular period of time in history , as distinguished from others.
the golden age ; the age of Pericles
1970 , Jim Theis, “The Eye of Argon”, in OSFAN , volume 10 , Chapter 3½, page 33 :Encircling the marble altar was a congregation of leering shamen. Eerie chants of a bygone age , originating unknown eons before the memory of man, were being uttered from the buried recesses of the acolytes' deep lings .
2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel: The world’s thirst for oil could be nearing a peak. That is bad news for producers, excellent for everyone else.”, in The Economist , volume 408 , number 8847 , archived from the original on 1 August 2013 :The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices). It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber.
( countable ) A great period in the history of the Earth .
the Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age ; the Tithonian Age was the last in the Late Jurassic epoch
( astrology ) One of the twelve divisions of a Great Year , equal to roughly 2000 years and goverened by one of the zodiacal signs; a Platonic month .
1911 April 10, The Evening News , Sydney, page 8, column 2:Mr Lewis says we are living in the age of Aquarius, which means that the world is at present passing through the zodiacal sign of Aquarius, the airy constellation.
( countable ) A period of one hundred years; a century .
( countable ) The people who live during a particular period.
( countable ) A generation .
There are three ages living in her house.
( countable , hyperbolic ) A long time.
It’s been an age since we last saw you.
( countable , geology ) The shortest geochronologic unit , being a period of thousands to millions of years ; a subdivision of an epoch (or sometimes a subepoch ).
( countable , poker ) The right of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting , and then to come in last or stay out; also , the player holding this position; the eldest hand .
( uncountable ) That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; specifically the size of that part.
What is the present age of a man, or of the earth?
( uncountable ) Mature age; especially , the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities .
to come of age ; she is now of age
( uncountable ) An advanced period of life; the latter part of life; the state of being old , old age , senility ; seniority .
1936 Feb. 15 , Ernest Hemingway , letter to Maxwell Perkins :
Feel awfully about Scott ... It was a terrible thing for him to love youth so much that he jumped straight from youth to senility without going through manhood . The minute he felt youth going he was frightened again and thought there was nothing between youth and age .
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age , sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
whole duration of a being
Arabic: عُمُر (ar) m ( ʕumur )
Armenian: տարիք (hy) ( tarikʻ )
Aromanian: etã f
Basque: adin
Belarusian: узро́ст m ( uzróst ) , ўзрост m ( ŭzrost )
Bengali: বয়স (bn) ( boẏoś ) , ওমর (bn) ( ōmor )
Bhojpuri: उमिर ( umir )
Bulgarian: въ́зраст (bg) f ( vǎ́zrast )
Burmese: အသက် (my) ( a.sak ) , အသက်အရွယ် (my) ( a.sak-a.rwai )
Catalan: edat (ca) m
Chechen: оьмар ( ömar )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 一輩子 / 一辈子 (zh) ( yī bèizi ) , 一生 (zh) ( yīshēng ) , 壽命 / 寿命 (zh) ( shòumìng )
Cornish: oos m
Danish: levetid
Dutch: leeftijd (nl) m , ouderdom (nl) m
Esperanto: aĝo
Finnish: elinikä (fi) , ikä (fi)
French: âge (fr) m
Middle French: eage m
Galician: idade (gl) f
Georgian: ასაკი ( asaḳi ) , ხნოვანება ( xnovaneba ) , წლოვანება ( c̣lovaneba )
German: Lebenszeit (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: ἡλικία f ( hēlikía )
Gujarati: ઉમર ( umar )
Hebrew: גִּיל (he) m ( gil )
Hindi: आयु (hi) ( āyu ) , उमर (hi) f ( umar ) , उम्र (hi) f ( umra ) , वयस् (hi) m ( vayas )
Hungarian: életkor (hu)
Icelandic: aldur (is) m
Irish: aois (ga) f
Italian: età (it) m
Japanese: 寿命 (ja) ( じゅみょう, jumyō ) , 一生 (ja) ( いっしょう, isshō )
Javanese: umur (jv)
Jingpho: ăsak
Kabuverdianu: idadi
Khmer: អាយុ (km) ( ʼaayuʼ )
Korean: 일생(一生) (ko) ( ilsaeng ) , 수명(壽命) (ko) ( sumyeong )
Lao: ອາຍຸ (lo) ( ʼā nyu )
Latin: natus (la) m , aetas (la) f
Malay: umur (ms)
Malayalam: പ്രായം (ml) ( prāyaṁ )
Maori: taipakeke
Middle English: age
Mongolian: нас (mn) ( nas )
Occitan: atge (oc) m , edat (oc) f
Odia: ଆୟୁ ( ayu ) , ବୟସ (or) ( bôyôsô )
Old English: ieldu f
Old Norse: aldr m
Oromo: umurii
Papiamentu: edat
Polish: życie (pl) n
Portuguese: idade (pt) f
Romanian: viață (ro) f
Russian: во́зраст (ru) m ( vózrast ) , продолжи́тельность жи́зни f ( prodolžítelʹnostʹ žízni ) , век (ru) m ( vek )
Scottish Gaelic: aois f
Shan: ဢသၢၵ်ႈ ( ʼǎ sāak )
Somali: cimri
Spanish: años (es)
Swahili: umri (sw)
Swedish: livslängd (sv) c , livstid (sv) c
Tagalog: anyos , edad (tl)
Thai: อายุ (th) ( aa-yú )
Turkish: ömür (tr) , yaşam (tr)
Turkmen: ýaş
Ukrainian: вік (uk) m ( vik )
Urdu: عمر f ( umr )
Uyghur: ياش ( yash )
Uzbek: yosh (uz)
Votic: itšä
Walloon: ådje (wa) f
Welsh: oed (cy) m , oedran
one of the stages of life
Albanian: moshë (sq) f
Arabic: سِنّ (ar) m ( sinn )
Egyptian Arabic: سن m ( sen )
Armenian: տարիք (hy) ( tarikʻ )
Azerbaijani: yaş (az) , sinn
Belarusian: ўзрост m ( ŭzrost ) , век m ( vjek )
Bengali: আয়ু (bn) ( aẏu ) , বয়স (bn) ( boẏoś ) , ওমর (bn) ( ōmor )
Bulgarian: въ́зраст (bg) f ( vǎ́zrast )
Burmese: အသက် (my) ( a.sak )
Chinese:
Dungan: суйфу ( suyfu )
Mandarin: 年歲 / 年岁 (zh) ( niánsuì ) , 歲數 / 岁数 (zh) ( suìshù ) , 年紀 / 年纪 (zh) ( niánjì ) , 年齡 / 年龄 (zh) ( niánlíng )
Cornish: oos m
Czech: věk (cs) m
Danish: alder (da) c
Dutch: leeftijd (nl) m
Estonian: iga (et)
Finnish: ikä (fi) , jakso (fi)
French: âge (fr) m
Galician: idade (gl) f , tempo (gl) m
Georgian: ასაკი ( asaḳi )
German: Alter (de) n
Alemannic German: Altar
Greek: ηλικία (el) f ( ilikía )
Ancient: ἡλικία f ( hēlikía )
Hebrew: גִּיל (he) m ( gil )
Hindi: उमर (hi) f ( umar ) , उम्र (hi) f ( umra ) , आयु (hi) f ( āyu ) , वयस् (hi) m ( vayas ) , सिन (hi) m ( sin )
Hungarian: kor (hu)
Icelandic: aldur (is) m
Irish: aois (ga) f
Italian: età (it) m
Japanese: 年齢 (ja) ( ねんれい, nenrei ) , 年 (ja) ( とし, toshi )
Kabuverdianu: idadi
Kazakh: жас (kk) ( jas ) , шақ ( şaq )
Khmer: អាយុ (km) ( ʼaayuʼ )
Korean: 연령(年齡) (ko) ( yeollyeong ) , 나이 (ko) ( nai ) , 살 (ko) ( sal ) , 연세(年歲) (ko) ( yeonse ) ( honorific )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: تەمەن ( temen )
Kyrgyz: жаш (ky) ( jaş ) , курак ( kurak )
Lao: ອາຍຸ (lo) ( ʼā nyu )
Latvian: vecums m
Lithuanian: amžius (lt) m
Macedonian: во́зраст m ( vózrast )
Malayalam: പ്രായം (ml) ( prāyaṁ )
Mongolian: нас (mn) ( nas )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: alder (no) m
Pali: āyu m
Persian: سن (fa) ( senn )
Polish: wiek (pl) m inan , etap (pl) m inan
Portuguese: idade (pt) f
Romanian: perioadă (ro) , vârstă (ro) f
Russian: во́зраст (ru) m ( vózrast ) , век (ru) m ( vek )
Sanskrit: आयु (sa) m ( āyu ) , वयस् (sa) ( vayas )
Scottish Gaelic: aois f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: старост f , век m , вијек m
Roman: starost (sh) f , vek (sh) m , vijek (sh) m
Slovak: vek m
Slovene: starost (sl) f
Spanish: edad (es)
Swedish: ålder (sv) c
Tajik: син ( sin )
Tamil: வயசு (ta) ( vayacu )
Thai: อายุ (th) ( aa-yú )
Turkish: çağ (tr) , yaş (tr)
Turkmen: ýaş
Ukrainian: вік (uk) m ( vik )
Urdu: عمر f ( umr )
Uyghur: ياش ( yash )
Uzbek: yosh (uz)
Vietnamese: tuổi (vi) , trạc tuổi , lứa tuổi (vi)
Welsh: oedran m
Yiddish: עלטער ( elter )
time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested
particular period of time in history
Arabic: عَصْر (ar) m ( ʕaṣr )
Armenian: դարաշրջան (hy) ( darašrǰan ) , դար (hy) ( dar ) , ժամանակաշրջան (hy) ( žamanakašrǰan )
Asturian: edá (ast) m
Bengali: যুগ (bn) ( jug ) , জমানা (bn) ( jomana )
Bulgarian: епо́ха (bg) f ( epóha )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 時代 / 时代 (zh) ( shídài )
Cornish: oos m
Czech: doba (cs) f
Danish: epoke
Dutch: tijdperk (nl) n , era (nl) f , tijd (nl) m , epoch m
Egyptian: (rk )
Esperanto: mondaĝo , tempaĝo , epoko
Finnish: aika (fi) , kausi (fi)
French: âge (fr) m
Galician: idade (gl) f , era (gl) f , época (gl) f
Georgian: ხანა ( xana ) , ერა ( era ) , ეპოქა ( eṗoka )
German: Zeit (de) f , Epoche (de) f , Periode (de) f
Greek: εποχή (el) f ( epochí )
Ancient Greek: αἰών m ( aiṓn )
Hebrew: תְּקוּפָה (he) f ( tkufá ) , עידן (he) m ( idán )
Hindi: युग (hi) m ( yug ) , अस्र (hi) m ( asra ) , ज़माना m ( zamānā )
Indonesian: zaman (id)
Interlingua: epocha
Irish: aois (ga) f
Italian: età (it) , evo (it)
Japanese: 時代 (ja) ( じだい, jidai )
Kabuverdianu: idadi
Korean: 시대(時代) (ko) ( sidae )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دەور ( dewr ) , سەردەم (ckb) ( serdem )
Latin: aetās (la) f
Low German: tied
Macedonian: доба f ( doba )
Malayalam: കാലം (ml) ( kālaṁ ) , യുഗം (ml) ( yugaṁ )
Maltese: żmien (mt)
Middle English: age
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tidsalder m , epoke (no) m
Nynorsk: tidsalder m , epoke m
Occitan: edat (oc) f , atge (oc) m
Odia: ଯୁଗ (or) ( jugô )
Persian: عصر (fa) ( 'asr )
Polish: epoka (pl) f , era (pl) f
Portuguese: idade (pt) f , era (pt) f , época (pt) f
Romanian: epocă (ro) f , ev (ro) , eră (ro)
Russian: эпо́ха (ru) f ( epóxa ) , э́ра (ru) f ( éra ) , вре́мя (ru) n ( vrémja ) (often used in its plural form времена (ru) ( vremena ) ), век (ru) m ( vek ) ( especially to indicate particular century ) , час (ru) m ( čas ) ( poetic )
Scottish Gaelic: linn f , ùine f , aois f
Slovak: vek m , doba (sk) f
Spanish: edad (es) , era (es) f , época (es) f
Swahili: umri (sw)
Swedish: tid (sv) c , ålder (sv) c , era (sv) c , tidevarv (sv) n
Tagalog: kapanahunan
Telugu: యుగం (te) ( yugaṁ )
Turkish: çağ (tr)
Ukrainian: епо́ха f ( epóxa ) , е́ра (uk) f ( éra ) , час (uk) m ( čas ) , вік (uk) m ( vik )
Uzbek: asr (uz)
Welsh: yr (cy) , oes (cy) f
great period in the history of the Earth
Armenian: դարաշրջան (hy) ( darašrǰan )
Bengali: যুগ (bn) ( jug ) , জমানা (bn) ( jomana )
Bulgarian: ера (bg) ( era )
Cornish: oos m
Czech: doba (cs) f
Danish: tidsalder
Dutch: tijdperk (nl) n , era (nl) f
Esperanto: mondaĝo , tempaĝo , epoko
Finnish: geologinen kausi , kausi (fi)
French: époque (fr) f , ère (fr) f
Galician: época (gl) f , era (gl) f , idade (gl) f
German: Ära (de) f , Zeitalter (de) n
Greek: εποχή (el) f ( epochí )
Ancient Greek: αἰών m ( aiṓn )
Hebrew: עידן (he) m ( idán )
Indonesian: abad (id)
Interlingua: epocha , era
Italian: epoca (it) f , era (it) f
Latin: tempus (la) n , aera (la) f
Macedonian: епоха f ( epoha )
Malayalam: യുഗം (ml) ( yugaṁ )
Maltese: era f , epoka f
Middle English: age
Polish: era (pl) f
Portuguese: época (pt) f , era (pt) f , idade (pt) f
Romanian: epocă (ro) f , eră (ro) f , ev (ro)
Russian: эпо́ха (ru) f ( epóxa ) , э́ра (ru) f ( éra ) , вре́мя (ru) n ( vrémja ) (often used in its plural form времена (ru) ( vremena ) ), век (ru) m ( vek ) ( especially to indicate particular century )
Slovak: doba (sk) f
Spanish: época (es) f , era (es) f
Swahili: umri (sw)
Swedish: era (sv) c , ålder (sv) c , tidsålder (sv) c
Tagalog: kapanahunan
Turkish: çağ (tr)
Welsh: oes (cy) f
people who live during a particular period
part of the duration of a being or thing between its beginning and any given time
Albanian: moshë (sq) f
Amharic: እድሜ m ( ʾədme )
Arabic: عُمْر (ar) m ( ʕumr )
Egyptian Arabic: عمر m ( ʕumr )
Armenian: տարիք (hy) ( tarikʻ ) , հասակ (hy) ( hasak )
Old Armenian: տի ( ti )
Asturian: edá (ast) m
Azerbaijani: yaş (az)
Basque: aro (eu)
Belarusian: узро́ст m ( uzróst ) , ўзрост m ( ŭzrost )
Bengali: বয়স (bn) ( boẏoś )
Bulgarian: въ́зраст (bg) f ( vǎ́zrast )
Burmese: အသက် (my) ( a.sak )
Catalan: edat (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 年歲 / 年岁 (zh) ( niánsuì ) , 年紀 / 年纪 (zh) ( niánjì ) , 年齡 / 年龄 (zh) ( niánlíng )
Coptic: ( Bohairic ) ⲁϩⲓ m ( ahi ) , ( Sahidic ) ⲁϩⲉ m ( ahe )
Cornish: oos m
Czech: věk (cs) m
Danish: alder (da)
Dutch: leeftijd (nl) m , ouderdom (nl) m
Egyptian: (hꜣw m ), (ꜥḥꜥw m )
Esperanto: aĝo
Finnish: ikä (fi)
French: âge (fr) m
Friulian: etât f
Galician: idade (gl)
German: Alter (de) n
Greek: ηλικία (el) f ( ilikía )
Hausa: shekara (ha)
Hebrew: גִּיל (he) m ( gil )
Hindi: उमर (hi) f ( umar ) , उम्र (hi) f ( umra ) , आयु (hi) f ( āyu ) , वयस् (hi) m ( vayas ) , सिन (hi) m ( sin )
Hungarian: kor (hu)
Icelandic: aldur (is) m
Indonesian: usia (id) , umur (id)
Interlingua: etate
Irish: aois (ga) f
Italian: età (it) m
Japanese: 年齢 (ja) ( ねんれい, nenrei ) , 年 (ja) ( とし, toshi )
Kazakh: жас (kk) ( jas )
Khmer: អាយុ (km) ( ʼaayuʼ )
Korean: 연령(年齡) (ko) ( yeollyeong ) , 나이 (ko) ( nai ) , 연세(年歲) (ko) ( yeonse ) ( honorific ) , 나이 (ko) ( nai ) , 살 (ko) ( sal )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: تەمەن ( temen )
Kyrgyz: жаш (ky) ( jaş )
Lao: ອາຍຸ (lo) ( ʼā nyu )
Latin: aetas (la) f
Macedonian: возраст m ( vozrast )
Malay: umur (ms)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: alder (no) m
Occitan: edat (oc) f
Odia: ବୟସ (or) ( bôyôsô )
Persian: سن (fa) ( senn )
Polish: wiek (pl) m inan
Portuguese: idade (pt) f
Romanian: vârstă (ro) f , etate (ro) f
Romansch: vegliadetgna f , eted f , età f
Russian: во́зраст (ru) m ( vózrast )
Sardinian: edade f
Scottish Gaelic: aois f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: доб m
Roman: dob (sh) m
Sicilian: etati
Slovak: vek m
Slovene: starost (sl) f
Spanish: edad (es) f
Sundanese: yuswa
Swahili: umri (sw)
Swedish: ålder (sv) c
Tagalog: edad (tl)
Tajik: син ( sin )
Tatar: яшь (tt) ( yaş’ )
Telugu: వయసు (te) ( vayasu )
Thai: อายุ (th) ( aa-yú )
Turkish: yaş (tr)
Turkmen: ýaş
Ukrainian: вік (uk) m ( vik )
Urdu: عمر f ( umr ) , آیو (ur) f ( āyu )
Uzbek: yosh (uz)
Venetian: età f
Vietnamese: tuổi (vi)
Welsh: oed (cy) m , oedran m
advanced period of life; latter part of life
Armenian: ծերություն (hy) ( cerutʻyun )
Bulgarian: въ́зраст (bg) m ( vǎ́zrast ) , ста́рост (bg) f ( stárost )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 老年 (zh) ( lǎonián ) , 晚年 (zh) ( wǎnnián ) , 高齡 / 高龄 (zh) ( gāolíng )
Czech: stáří (cs) n
Danish: alderdom
Dutch: ouderdom (nl) m
Finnish: vanhuus (fi)
German: Alter (de) n
Greek: γηρατειά (el) n pl ( girateiá )
Hebrew: זִקְנָה (he) f ( zikná )
Irish: foirfeacht f
Japanese: 老齢 (ja) ( ろうれい, rōrei ) , 高齢 (ja) ( こうれい, kōrei )
Korean: 노령 ( noryeong ) , 고령 (ko) ( goryeong )
Malayalam: പ്രായം (ml) ( prāyaṁ )
Polish: starość (pl) f
Portuguese: idade (pt) , velhice (pt) f
Russian: ста́рость (ru) f ( stárostʹ ) , во́зраст (ru) m ( vózrast ) , года́ (ru) m pl ( godá ) (literally: years)
Scottish Gaelic: aois f
Slovak: staroba f
Spanish: tercera edad (es)
Swahili: umri (sw)
Swedish: ålderdom (sv) c
Turkish: yaşlılık (tr)
Welsh: henaint m
time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities
Translations to be checked
Verb
age (third-person singular simple present ages , present participle ageing or ( US ) aging , simple past and past participle aged )
( intransitive ) To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
He grew fat as he aged .
1824 , Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations :I am aging ; that is, I have a whitish, or rather a light-coloured, hair here and there. Sober thinking brings them
2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie , David M. Pelz , “Stents to Prevent Stroke ”, in American Scientist :As we age , the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.
( intransitive , informal , of a statement, prediction) To be viewed or turn out in some way after a certain time has passed.
His prediction that we didn't stand a chance hasn't aged well, now that we've won the cup.
( transitive ) To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
Grief ages us.
( transitive , figuratively ) To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
Money's a little tight right now, let's age our bills for a week or so.
( transitive , accounting ) To categorize by age.
One his first assignments was to age the accounts receivable.
( transitive ) To indicate that a person has been alive for a certain period of time, especially a long one.
1992 June 14, This Week with David Brinkley (television production), spoken by Carville, via ABC:Mr. [David] Brinkley started out with network news. We got our news- I think it was the Huntley-Brinkley Report. I'm probably aging myself now, okay?
1998 Fall, Mare Freed, “Aluhana”, in The Antioch Review , volume 56 , number 4:To look at the hair by itself you'd say it was actually quite pretty, but on her head the gray sure ages her.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
transitive: cause to grow old
Armenian: ծերացնել (hy) ( ceracʻnel ) , հնացնել (hy) ( hnacʻnel )
Azerbaijani: qocaltmaq
Breton: koshaat (br)
Bulgarian: състарявам ( sǎstarjavam )
Cornish: kothhe
Dutch: oud doen worden , doen verouderen
Finnish: vanhentaa
Galician: envellecer (gl) , avellentar (gl) , envellentar , avellar (gl)
German: no equivalent term in German, but see altern lassen , alt machen
Ingrian: vanhentaa , vanhenoittaa
Italian: invecchiare (it)
Malayalam: പ്രായം കൂട്ടുക ( prāyaṁ kūṭṭuka )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: aldre (no) , elde (no)
Polish: postarzać
Portuguese: envelhecer (pt)
Romanian: îmbătrâni (ro)
Russian: ста́рить (ru) impf ( stáritʹ ) , соста́рить (ru) pf ( sostáritʹ )
Spanish: envejecer (es)
Swedish: få någon att åldras (sv) , föråldras (sv)
Turkish: yaşlandırmak (tr)
Welsh: heneiddio (cy) , gwneud yn hen
intransitive: become old
Adyghe: жъы ( ẑə )
Armenian: ծերանալ (hy) ( ceranal )
Aromanian: mbitãrnescu
Azerbaijani: qocalmaq , qarımaq , qocalıb-qarımaq
Basque: adindu
Belarusian: старэ́ць impf ( starécʹ ) , пастарэ́ць pf ( pastarécʹ )
Breton: kozhañ (br) , koshaat (br)
Bulgarian: остарявам (bg) ( ostarjavam )
Catalan: envellir (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 老化 (zh) ( lǎohuà )
Cornish: kothhe
Czech: stárnout (cs)
Dutch: oud worden , verouderen (nl)
Egyptian: (jꜣwj )
Esperanto: maljuniĝi
Finnish: vanhentua (fi) , vanheta (fi)
French: vieillir (fr)
Galician: envellecer (gl) , avellar (gl) , avellarse
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: altern (de) , vergreisen (de) , reifen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: γηράσκω ( gēráskō )
Icelandic: (please verify ) verða gamall , (please verify ) eldast , ( dated ) (please verify ) kemba hærurnar
Ido: oldeskar (io)
Ingrian: vanhoittua , vanhentua , vanheta , elähtää
Italian: invecchiare (it)
Japanese: 年を取る (ja) ( としをとる, toshi wo toru ) , 老いる (ja) ( おいる, oiru )
Khmer: ទទួលបានចាស់ ( tɔtuəl baan cah ) , ទៅជាចាស់ ( tɨv cie cah ) , ឡើងចាស់ ( laəŋ cah )
Korean: (please verify ) 나이 를 먹다 ( nai-reul meokda )
Latin: senescō
Malayalam: പ്രായമാവുക ( prāyamāvuka )
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: eldes (no)
Nynorsk: eldast
Ottoman Turkish: اسكیلنمك ( eskilenmek ) , قوجهلامق ( kocalamak )
Polish: starzeć się (pl)
Portuguese: envelhecer (pt)
Romanian: îmbătrâni (ro)
Russian: старе́ть (ru) impf ( starétʹ ) , постаре́ть (ru) pf ( postarétʹ ) , ста́риться (ru) impf ( stáritʹsja ) , соста́риться (ru) pf ( sostáritʹsja )
Slovak: starnúť , zostarnúť
Spanish: envejecerse (es)
Swahili: zeeka
Swedish: åldras (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tocharian B: kwär-
Turkish: yaşlanmak (tr)
Udmurt: пересь ( pereś )
Ukrainian: ста́рі́ти impf ( stáríty ) , поста́рі́ти pf ( postáríty )
Vietnamese: no exact matching verb
Welsh: heneiddio (cy) , mynd yn hen , mynd yn hŷn
Translations to be checked
See also
Further reading
“age ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
“age ”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse aka ( “ to drive ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *akaną , cognate with Swedish åka . The verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti , which is also the source of Latin agō (whence also Danish agere ), Ancient Greek ἄγω ( ágō ) .
Pronunciation
Verb
age (past tense agede , past participle aget )
( intransitive , dated ) to drive ( in a vehicle )
( transitive , obsolete ) to drive ( a vehicle ) , transport
Conjugation
Further reading
French
Etymology
Ca. 1800, from a dialectal (southern Oïl or Franco-Provençal ) form of haie , from Frankish *haggju . Cognate with English hedge , which see for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
age m (plural ages )
beam ( central bar of a plough )
shaft
Further reading
Galician
Verb
age
( reintegrationist norm) inflection of agir :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Preposition
age
Munster form of ag ( used before a possessive determiner )
1939 , Peig Sayers , “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt , Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270 ) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 193 :Ní raibh aoinne cloinne age n-a muinntir ach í agus do mhéaduigh sin uirrim agus grádh na ndaoine don inghean óg so. Her parents had no children but her, and that increased the esteem and love of the people for this young girl.
Japanese
Romanization
age
Rōmaji transcription of あげ
Kott
Etymology
From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaqV ( “ to make sour, to rot ” ) . Compare Assan bar-ak ( “ rotten ” ) and Arin bar-oje ( “ rotten ” ) .
Adjective
age
rotten
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
Imperative form of agō
Interjection
age
well now , well then , come now ( transition )
very well , good , right ( sign of affirmation )
Verb
age
second-person singular present active imperative of agō
Mapudungun
Noun
age ( Raguileo spelling )
( anatomy ) face
References
Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French aage , from Vulgar Latin *aetāticum , derived from Latin aetātem .
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
age (plural ages )
The age of someone ( or rarely something ) ; how old someone is.
The correct or traditional age for something ( especially the age of maturity )
Old age or senescence ; the state of being old or elderly .
The life of something or someone ; an extent of existence.
A period or portion of time; an age , epoch , or era .
Time ( as an abstract concept ) ; the passing of time.
( rare , in every age ) A person or individual who is a particular age.
Related terms
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Noun
age
Alternative form of awe
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse agi , from Proto-Germanic *agaz . Cognates include English awe .
Alternative forms
Noun
age m (definite singular agen , indefinite plural agar , definite plural agane )
awe
deference
esteem , reverence
Etymology 2
From Old Norse aga .
Alternative forms
Verb
age (present tense agar , past tense aga , past participle aga , passive infinitive agast , present participle agande , imperative age /ag )
to chastise , subdue
to impress
to agitate
to scare
References
“age” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Ivar Aasen (1850 ) “aga”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget , published 2000
Ivar Aasen (1850 ) “Agje”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget , published 2000
Anagrams
Old Frisian
Ēn āge.
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *augā , from Proto-Germanic *augô , from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ( “ eye, to see ” ) . Cognates include Old English ēage , Old Saxon ōga and Old Dutch ōga .
Pronunciation
Noun
āge n
( anatomy ) eye
Inflection
Descendants
North Frisian:
Most dialects: uug
Goesharde: uug , uuch
Halligen: uuch
Heligoland: Oog
Sylt: Oog
Saterland Frisian: Oge
West Frisian: each
References
Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009 ) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary , Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Portuguese
Verb
age
inflection of agir :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English age , from Old French aage , eage , from Vulgar Latin *aetāticum .
Pronunciation
Noun
age (plural ages )
age
Verb
age (third-person singular simple present ages , present participle agin , simple past aged , past participle aged )
to age
References
Spanish
Verb
age
inflection of agir :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Ternate
Pronunciation
Noun
age
the trunk of a tree , tree trunk
levee , embankment
References
Rika Hayami-Allen (2001 ) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia , University of Pittsburgh
Yoruba
Àgé
Pronunciation
Noun
àgé
kettle
Synonym: kẹ́tùrù