different between senile vs senior

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French senile, from Latin sen?lis (“of or pertaining to old age”), from senex (“old man”), from Gaulish and Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?si?na?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sina?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

senile (comparative more senile, superlative most senile)

1. Of, or relating to old age.
2. (often offensive) Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering.

Antonyms

• juvenile

Derived terms

Related terms

• senate
• senator
• senescence
• senility
• senior
• seniority

Translations

Noun

senile (plural seniles)

1. (dated, medicine) A person who is senile.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Inslee, enisle, ensile, lienes, silene

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

senile

1. inflection of senil:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sen?lis.

Adjective

senile (plural senili)

1. senile

Related terms

• senilità

Anagrams

• lesine

Latin

Adjective

sen?le

1. nominative neuter singular of sen?lis
2. accusative neuter singular of sen?lis
3. vocative neuter singular of sen?lis

Old French

Etymology

From Latin sen?lis

Adjective

senile m (oblique and nominative feminine singular senile)

1. relating to old age

Declension

Descendants

• ? English: senile
• French: sénile

English

Alternative forms

• seniour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin senior (“older”), comparative form of senex (“old”); see senate. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, sire, and sir.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sinj?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?si?nj?(r)/
• Hyphenation: se?nior

Adjective

senior (comparative more senior, superlative most senior)

1. Older; superior

2. Higher in rank, dignity, or office.

3. (US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.

Synonyms

• (older): geriatric, long in the tooth, on in years; see also Thesaurus:elderly

Antonyms

• junior

Related terms

• senile
• senate
• sir

Translations

Noun

senior (plural seniors)

1. (now chiefly US) An old person.

   Synonyms: senior citizen; see also Thesaurus:old person

2. Someone older than someone else (with possessive). [from 15th c.]

3. Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age. [from 14th c.]
4. (obsolete, biblical) An elder or presbyter in the early Church. [14th-16th c.]
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts IV:

     Then Peter full of the holy goost sayd unto them. Ye ruelars of the people, and seniours of israhel [...].

5. Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.
6. (US) A final-year student at a high school or university. [from 17th c.]

Antonyms

• junior

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Ireson, Nerios, Serino, irones, nories, nosier, rosein, seroin

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin senior. Doublet of sire, seigneur, and sieur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.nj??/

Noun

senior m (plural seniors)

1. (sports) senior (older player)
2. elderly person

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch senior, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative form of senex (“old”). Doublet of senyur and sinyo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s??ni?r]
• Hyphenation: sè?ni?or

Adjective

senior

1. senior
   1. older; superior
   2. higher in rank, dignity, or office.

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “senior” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin senior.

Adjective

senior (comparative plus senior, superlative le plus senior)

1. older

Noun

senior (plural seniors)

1. lord

Latin

Etymology

Comparative of senex.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?se.ni.or/, [?s??ni?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?se.ni.or/, [?s??ni?r]

Adjective

senior (neuter senius, positive senex); third declension

1. older, elder; rather old

   Antonym: i?nior

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Noun

senior m (genitive seni?ris); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) a lord, sir

   Coordinate term: seniorissa

2. (Medieval Latin) an abbot
3. (Medieval Latin) a husband
4. old person, old man, older person, older man

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

References

• senior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• senior in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• senior in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• senior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• senior in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Anagrams

• ?nser?
• ori?ns

Polish

Etymology

From Latin senior (“older”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?.??r/

Noun

senior m pers (feminine seniorka)

1. elder (older person)

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From French senior.

Adjective

senior m or n (feminine singular senior?, masculine plural seniori, feminine and neuter plural seniore)

1. senior

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin senior. Doublet of señor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se?njo?/, [se?njo?]

Noun

senior m (plural seniores)

1. senior (clarification of this definition is needed)