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English
Etymology
elder + -ly
Pronunciation
Adjective
elderly (comparative more elderly, superlative most elderly)
- old; having lived for relatively many years.
- Synonyms: elder, old; see also Thesaurus:elderly
- Of an object, being old-fashioned or frail due to aging.
- Synonyms: dated, outworn, decrepit, timeworn; see also Thesaurus:obsolete, Thesaurus:deteriorated
1988, Anne Tyler, chapter 1, in Breathing Lessons:The car was parked toward the rear of the shop, an elderly gray-blue Dodge. It looked better than it had in years.
Translations
old
- Adyghe: жъы (ẑə)
- Afrikaans: bejaard
- Armenian: տարեց (hy) (tarecʻ)
- Azerbaijani: yaşlı (az)
- Belarusian: стары́ (starý), пажылы́ (pažylý), у гада́х (u hadáx), немалады́ (njemaladý)
- Bulgarian: стар (bg) (star), въ́зстар (vǎ́zstar), възста́р (vǎzstár), въ́зрастен (bg) (vǎ́zrasten)
- Catalan: ancià (ca) m
- Chamicuro: shashaka
- Cherokee: ᎠᎦᏴᎵ (agayvli)
- Chinese:
- Dungan: ло (lo)
- Mandarin: 老 (zh) (lǎo)
- Czech: starý (cs)
- Danish: ældre (da)
- Dutch: bejaard (nl)
- Esperanto: maljuna, grandaĝa
- Finnish: vanha (fi), iäkäs (fi)
- French: vieux (fr), ancien (fr), âgé (fr)
- Galician: ancián m, anciá f
- German: älter (de), bejahrt (de), betagt (de)
- Greek: ηλικιωμένος (el) (ilikioménos)
- Ancient: γηραιός (gēraiós)
- Irish: cnagaosta, scothaosta, seanórtha
- Italian: anziano (it) m
- Japanese: 年配 (ja) (ねんぱい, nenpai), やや年とった (yaya toshi totta)
- Korean: 나이가 지긋하다 (naiga jigeuthada)
- Latin: longaevus, senex (la), vetus (la)
- Maori: ahungarua, mātāpuputu
- Old Norse: aldraðr
- Plautdietsch: ellerachtich, oolt
- Polish: stary (pl), niemłody (pl)
- Portuguese: idoso (pt) m, idosa (pt) f
- Romanian: vârsta a treia (ro), bătrân (ro) m or n, bătrână (ro) f
- Russian: ста́рый (ru) (stáryj), пожило́й (ru) (požilój), в лета́х (v letáx), в года́х (v godáx), в во́зрасте (ru) (v vózraste), (very old) престаре́лый (ru) (prestarélyj)
- Spanish: anciano (es), entrado en años
- Swedish: äldre (sv)
- Tagalog: matanda
- Telugu: పెద్దలు (te) (peddalu)
- Tocharian B: ktsaitstse, śrāñ
- Udmurt: пересь (pereś)
- Ukrainian: стари́й (uk) (starýj), лі́тній (uk) (lítnij), у літа́х (u litáx), немолоди́й (nemolodýj), підста́ркуватий (pidstárkuvatyj)
- Zazaki: pil, khal (diq)
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Noun
elderly (plural elderlies)
- An elderly person.
- (with definite article, collective) Older people as a whole.
Derived terms
Translations
elderly person
- Arabic: مُسِنّ m (musinn), مُسِنَّة f (musinna)
- Bengali: বয়স্ক (bn) m (boẏosko), বয়স্কা f (boẏoska), বুজুর্গ (bn) (bujurg)
- Bulgarian: възрастен чове́к m (vǎzrasten čovék)
- Cebuano: tigulang
- Esperanto: maljunulo (eo), grandaĝulo
- Finnish: vanhus (fi)
- French: aîné (fr) m, personne âgée (fr) f
- Galician: ancián m, anciá f
- Hindi: बुज़ुर्ग (buzurg)
- Italian: anziano (it) m, anziana (it) f, anziani (it) m pl, anziane (it) f pl
- Ottoman Turkish: قوجه (koca)
- Portuguese: idoso (pt) m
- Swedish: åldring (sv) c
- Tagalog: matanda
- Tarifit: awessar m, tawessart f
- Urdu: بزرگ (buzurg)
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