alder
See also: Alder, Alder., ålder, and âlder
English
Grey alder, Alnus incana.
Female (left) and male (right) catkins of Alnus serrulata
Alternative forms
- owler (Lancashire)
- aller (British, dialectal)
Etymology 1
From Middle English aldre, alder, aller, from Old English alor, from Proto-West Germanic *aluʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō, *alizō, *alisō.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔːldə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US, Canada)
- (without cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɔldɚ/
- (with cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑldɚ/
Noun
alder (plural alders)
- Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family.
- 1967, J. A. Baker, The Peregrine, page 40:
- That's what the tiercel was doing when I found him again in the alder.
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Derived terms
- alder bush
- Aldercar
- alderfly
- aldern
- alderwood
alder species
- alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus)
- Andean alder (Alnus acuminata)
- black alder (Alnus glutinosa, Ilex verticillata)
- black alder winterberry
- brook alder (Ilex verticillata)
- Caucasian alder (Alnus subcordata)
- common alder (Alnus glutinosa)
- European alder (Alnus glutinosa)
- false alder (Ilex verticillata, Cunonia capensis)
- Formosan alder (Alnus formosana)
- green alder (Alnus viridis)
- grey alder (Alnus incana)
- hazel alder (Alnus serrulata)
- Himalayan alder (Alnus nitida)
- Italian alder (Alnus cordata)
- Japanese alder (Alnus japonica)
- Manchurian alder (Alnus hirsuta)
- Mexican alder (Alnus jorullensis)
- Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)
- oriental alder (Alnus orientalis)
- red alder (Alnus rubra)
- seaside alder (Alnus maritima)
- speckled alder
- striped alder (Ilex verticillata)
- white alder (Ilex verticillata)
- witch alder
Translations
any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus
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Etymology 2
Clipping of alderman.
Noun
alder (plural alders)
- An alderman or alderwoman.
- 2004, Stephanie Luce -, Fighting for a Living Wage, page 121:
- Almost immediately, city alders contacted the campaign to negotiate an ordinance.
- 2013, Dawn Day Biehler, Pests in the City: Flies, Bedbugs, Cockroaches, and Rats, page 180:
- Chicago's mayor Edward Kennelly, the city alders, and many white Chicagoans opposed this siting plan.
- 2017 September 28, Isabel Bysiewicz, “Eidelson reflects on time as alder”, in Yale Daily News:
- After three years as Ward 1 alder, Sarah Eidelson ’12 will leave city government at the end of the year.
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Derived terms
- alder-liefest
Anagrams
- Adler, Alred, Eldar, Leard, Radel, Radle, lader, lared
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish aldær, from Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą.
Noun
alder c (singular definite alderen, plural indefinite aldre)
- age
Inflection
Declension of alder
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | alder | alderen | aldre | aldrene |
| genitive | alders | alderens | aldres | aldrenes |
Derived terms
Terms derived from “alder”
- alderdom c
- alderdomshjem n
- aldersbestemme
- aldersdiabetes c
- aldersdiabetiker c
- aldersformand c
- aldersgruppe c
- aldersgrænse c
- alderspension c
- alderspensionist c
- alderspræsident c
- aldersspredning c
- alderssvarende
- alderstegen
- barnealder c
- bronzealder c
- førskolealder c
- gennemsnitsalder c
- guldalder c
- højmiddelalder c
- jernalder c
- lavalder c
- levealder c
- lømmelalder c
- menneskealder c
- middelalder c
- myndighedsalder c
- overgangsalder c
- pensionsalder c
- senmiddelalder c
- stenalder c
- sølvalder c
- tidsalder c
- trodsalder c
- ungpigealder c
- voksealder c
- voksenalder c
- værnepligtsalder c
Middle English
Noun
alder
- Alternative form of aldre
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą. 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)
- age
Derived terms
Terms derived from alder
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References
- “alder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą. Akin to ale (“to raise”), from ala.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑldɛr/
Noun
alder m (definite singular alderen, indefinite plural aldrar, definite plural aldrane)
- age
Derived terms
Terms derived from alder
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References
- “alder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse allr, from Proto-Germanic *allaz.
Adjective
alder
- all
- whole, complete
Declension
Declension of alder (strong)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | alder | al | alt |
| accusative | allan | alla | alt |
| dative | allum, -om | aldri | allu, -o |
| genitive | als | aldrar | als |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | allir, -e(r) | allar | al |
| accusative | alla | allar | al |
| dative | allum, -om | allum, -om | allum, -om |
| genitive | aldra | aldra | aldra |
Descendants
- Swedish: all
Etymology 2
From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą.
Noun
alder m
- lifetime
- age; how old someone or something is
- age, era
- old age
Declension
Declension of alder (strong a-stem)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | aldrer | aldrrin | aldrar | aldranir, aldraner |
| accusative | aldr | aldrin | aldra | aldrana |
| dative | aldri, aldre | aldrinum, aldrenom | aldrum, aldrom | aldrumin, aldromen |
| genitive | aldrs | aldrsins | aldra | aldranna |
Descendants
- Swedish: ålder