older

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊldə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈoʊldɚ/ Rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ) === Adjective === older comparative form of old: more old, elder, senior === Adjective === older (not comparable) elderly === Anagrams === Elrod, Loder, lored, orled, roled == Elfdalian == === Etymology === From Old Norse aldrigi, cognate with Swedish aldrig. === Adverb === older never == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse ǫlr (compare Icelandic elri, Danish el, Swedish al), from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare English alder), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos. === Noun === older m or f (definite singular olderen or oldra, indefinite plural oldre or oldrer, definite plural oldrene) alder (a tree of the Alnus genus) ==== Synonyms ==== or === References === “older” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse ǫlr (compare Icelandic elri, Danish el, Swedish al), from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare English alder), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos. === Noun === older m (definite singular olderen, indefinite plural oldrar, definite plural oldrane) older f (definite singular oldra, indefinite plural oldrer, definite plural oldrene) alder (a tree of the Alnus genus) ==== Synonyms ==== or === References === “older” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.