elderly

elderly

English

Etymology

elder +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adjective

elderly

1. old; having lived for relatively many years
2. Of an object, being old-fashioned or frail due to aging
   • 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.

Related terms

• elder
• old

Translations

old

Adyghe: жъы (ẑə) Armenian: տարեց (hy) (tarecʿ) Azerbaijani: yaşlı (az) Bulgarian: възрастен (bg) (vǎzrasten) Catalan: ancià (ca) m Chamicuro: shashaka Chinese: Dungan: ло (lo)|tr=lo Mandarin: 老 (zh) (lǎo), 老年 (zh) (lǎonián) 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: Ancient: γηραιός (gēraiós) Irish: cnagaosta, scothaosta, seanórtha Italian: anziano (it) m Japanese: 年配 (ねんぱい, nenpai), やや年とった (yaya toshi totta) Maori: ahungarua, mātāpuputu Portuguese: idoso (pt) m, idosa (pt) f Romanian: vârsta a treia (ro), bătrân (ro) m or n, bătrână (ro) f, bătrâni pl, vârstnici pl Russian: пожило́й (ru) (požilój), в во́зрасте (ru) (v vózraste), (very old) престаре́лый (ru) (prestarélyj) Spanish: anciano (es), entrado en años Swedish: äldre (sv) Telugu: పెద్దలు (te) (peddalu) Udmurt: пересь (peresʹ)

Noun

elderly (plural elderlies)

1. an elderly person
2. (the elderly) older people as a whole

Translations

elderly person

Arabic: مُسِنّ‎ m (musinn), مُسِنَّة‎ f (musinna) Bulgarian: възрастен човек m (vǎzrasten čovèk) Esperanto: maljunulo (eo), grandaĝulo Finnish: vanhus (fi) Galician: ancián m, anciá f

Hindi: बुज़ुर्ग (buzurg) Italian: anziano (it) m, anziana (it) f, anziani (it) m pl, anziane (it) f pl Urdu: بزرگ‎ (buzurg)

elderly as group

Arabic: مُسِنُّون‎ m pl (musinnūn), مُسِنّات‎ f pl (musinnāt), مَسانّ‎ pl (masānn) Chinese: Cantonese: 老人家 (lou5 jan4 gaa1) Finnish: vanhukset (fi) pl

Irish: seandaoine pl Italian: anziani (it) pl Norwegian: Bokmål: de eldre (no)