different between older vs alder

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???ld?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?ld?/
• Rhymes: -??ld?(?)

Adjective

older

1. comparative form of old: more old, elder, senior

Adjective

older (not comparable)

1. elderly

Anagrams

• Elrod, Loder, lored, orled, roled

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse aldrigi, cognate with Swedish aldrig.

Adverb

older

1. never

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ?lr (compare Icelandic elri, Danish el, Swedish al), from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alus? (compare English alder), variant of *aliz?, *alis? (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h?élisos.

Noun

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

1. an alder (tree of the Alnus genus)

Synonyms

• or

References

• “older” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ?lr (compare Icelandic elri, Danish el, Swedish al), from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alus? (compare English alder), variant of *aliz?, *alis? (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h?élisos.

Noun

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)

Synonyms

• or

References

• “older” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English alder, aller, from Old English alor, from Proto-West Germanic *alu?u, from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alus? (compare Swedish al, Saterland Frisian äller(boom)), variant of *aliz?, *alis? (compare Dutch els, German Erle, Norwegian or), from Proto-Indo-European *h?élis- (compare Hittite [script needed] (alanza(n)), Latin alnus, Latvian al?ksnis, Polish olcha, Albanian halë (“black pine”), Ancient Macedonian (Hesychius) ????? (áliza, “white poplar”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???ld?/
• (US, Canada)
  • (without cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /??ld?/
  • (with cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /??ld?/

Noun

alder (plural alders)

1. Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of alderman.

Noun

alder (plural alders)

1. An alderman or alderwoman.

Anagrams

• Adler, Alred, Eldar, Leard, Radel, Radle, lader, lared

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish aldær, from Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldr?.

Noun

alder c (singular definite alderen, plural indefinite aldre)

1. age

Inflection

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldr?. Akin to ale (“to raise”), from ala.

Noun

alder m (definite singular alderen, indefinite plural aldere or aldre or aldrer, definite plural alderne or aldrene)

1. age

Derived terms

References

• “alder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldr?. Akin to ale (“to raise”), from ala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ld?r/

Noun

alder m (definite singular alderen, indefinite plural aldrar, definite plural aldrane)

1. age

Derived terms

References

• “alder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse allr, from Proto-Germanic *allaz.

Adjective

alder

1. all
2. whole, complete

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: all

Etymology 2

From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldr?.

Noun

alder m

1. lifetime
2. age; how old someone or something is
3. age, era
4. old age

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: ålder