alder

== English == === Alternative forms === owler (Lancashire) aller (UK, dialectal) === Etymology 1 === Inherited 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/ (US, Canada) (without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɔldɚ/ (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. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Clipping of alderman. ==== Noun ==== alder (plural alders) An alderman or alderwoman. ===== Derived terms ===== === 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 ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “alder” in Den Danske Ordbog == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English ealdr-, oblique stem of ealdor m (“parent, ruler”), possibly a secondary masculine built to ealdor n (“life”). ==== Alternative forms ==== ælder (Early Middle English, Worcestershire); haldur (Late Middle English, Lancashire) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈaldər/ ==== Noun ==== alder (plural alderes) (rare, poetic, literary) A leader or ruler. ===== References ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== alder alternative form of aldre == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Inherited 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 ==== === References === “alder” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Inherited 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 ==== === References === “alder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Frisian == === Alternative forms === althēr === Etymology === From al (“wholly”) +‎ thēr (“there”). === Adverb === aldēr then when === Conjunction === aldēr when if, in case that == Old Swedish == === Alternative forms === ᛆᛚᚦᚽᚱ (Runic) === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Norse allr, from Proto-Germanic *allaz. ==== Adjective ==== alder all whole, complete ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Swedish: all === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą. ==== Noun ==== alder m lifetime age (how old someone or something is) age, era old age ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Swedish: ålder