old age

English

Etymology

From Middle English olde age, eld age; compare earlier Middle English olde elde (“old age”), alderelde (“old age”), equivalent to old +‎ age. Displaced non-native Middle English vilesse (“old age”) (borrowed from Old French villesce, vieillece (“old age”)) and senectute (“old age”) (from Latin senectūs (“old age”)).

Noun

old age (uncountable)

The latter part of life, the part of life after one's prime.
People of old age are often hard of hearing.

Synonyms

codgerhood, eld, golden years; see also Thesaurus:old age

Derived terms

old age pension

Translations

latter part of life

Arabic: شَيْخُوخَة‎ f (šayḵūḵa), عُجُوز‎ m (ʿujūz), كِبْر سِنّ‎ m (kibr sinn)
Aragonese: vielluz
Armenian: ծերություն (hy) (cerutʿyun)
Aromanian: bitãrneatsã f
Azerbaijani: qocalıq
Belarusian: ста́расць f (stárascʹ)
Bulgarian: ста́рост (bg) f (stárost)
Catalan: vellesa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 晚年 (zh) (wǎnnián), 老年 (zh) (lǎonián), 老年期 (zh) (lǎoniánqī)
Czech: stáří (cs) n
Danish: alderdom c
Dutch: ouderdom (nl) m
Egyptian:

(jꜣw)
Esperanto: maljuneco, oldeco
Finnish: vanhuus (fi)
French: troisième âge (fr) f, vieillesse (fr) f
Galician: vellez f
Georgian: სიბერე (sibere)
German: hohes Alter n, Alter (de) n
Alemannic German: Altar
Greek: γεράματα (el) n pl (gerámata), γηρατειά (el) n pl (girateiá)
Ancient: γῆρας n (gêras)
Hebrew: זִקְנָה‎ (he) f (zikná), זְקוּנִים‎ m pl (z'kuním) (biblical)
Hindi: बुढ़ापा (hi) m (buṛhāpā), वृद्धावस्था (hi) f (vŕddhāvasthā)
Hungarian: öregség (hu), öregkor (hu), időskor (hu)
Ido: please add this translation if you can
Indonesian: masa tua (id)
Irish: foirfeacht f, aostacht f
Italian: vecchiaia (it) f
Japanese: 晩年 (ja) (ばんねん, bannen), 老年 (ja) (ろうねん, rōnen)
Kazakh: кәрілік (kärılık), қариялық (qariälyq), қарттық (qarttyq), шалдық (şaldyq)
Korean: 노년(老年) (nonyeon), 만년(晩年) (ko) (mannyeon)
Kyrgyz: карылык (ky) (karılık)
Ladin: vedleza f
Latin: senectūs f, senium (la) n
Latvian: vecums m, vecība f
Macedonian: ста́рост f (stárost)
Malayalam: വാർദ്ധക്യം (ml) (vāṟddhakyaṃ)
Manx: shenn eash f
Maori: koroheketanga, nehe, mātāpūpututanga, kaumātuatanga
Navajo: są́
Ngazidja Comorian: undru ɗuhazi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: alderdom (no) m
Nynorsk: alderdom m
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: старость f (starostĭ)
Persian: پیری‎ (fa) (piri), زرمان‎ (zarmân) (archaic), کهنسالی‎ (kohansâli) (formal), سالخوردگی‎ (fa) (sâlxordegi)
Polish: starość (pl) f
Portuguese: velhice (pt) f
Romanian: bătrânețe (ro) f
Russian: ста́рость (ru) f (stárostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: старост f
Latin: starost (sh) f
Sicilian: vicchiania f
Slovak: staroba f
Slovene: starost (sl) f
Spanish: vejez (es) f, tercera edad (es) f
Swedish: ålderdom (sv) c
Tajik: солхурдаги (solxurdagi), пирӣ (tg) (pirī)
Telugu: వృద్ధాప్యము (te) (vr̥ddhāpyamu), ముసలితనము (te) (musalitanamu)
Thai: วัยสูงอายุ (wai sŏong aayú)
Tocharian B: ktsaitstsäññe
Turkish: yaşlılık (tr)
Ukrainian: ста́рість f (stáristʹ)
Urdu: بڑھاپا‎ m (buṛhāpā)
Uzbek: keksalik (uz), qarilik (uz)
Vietnamese: tuổi già (vi)
Yiddish: זקונים‎ pl (zkunem), זקנה‎ f (zikne), אַלטערהייט‎ f (alterheyt), אַלטקייט‎ f (altkeyt)

Anagrams

age-old, gaoled, geodal, goaled