different between older vs firstborn

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

first +? born

Noun

firstborn (plural firstborn or firstborns)

1. The first child to be born to a parent or family.

Antonyms

• (eldest child): lastborn

See also

• baby of the family
• middle child
• nextborn
• primogeniture

Translations

Adjective

firstborn (not comparable)

1. Born as the first one in a family, flock or the like.
2. Most excellent; most distinguished or exalted.

Alternative forms

• first-born

Antonyms

• (born first): lastborn

Translations

See also

• middleborn

References

• firstborn in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• firstborn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.