senile

== English == === Etymology === 1660s; borrowed from French sénile, from Middle French senile, from Old French senile, from Latin senīlis (“of or pertaining to old age”), from senex (“old man”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsiːnaɪl/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈsinaɪl/ Rhymes: -aɪl === Adjective === senile (comparative more senile, superlative most senile) Of, or relating to old age. (often offensive) Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering. ==== Antonyms ==== juvenile ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== senate senator senescence senior seniority ==== Translations ==== === Noun === senile (plural seniles) (dated, medicine) A person who is senile. ==== Further reading ==== “senile”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “senile”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Inslee, enisle, ensile, lienes, silene == German == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === senile inflection of senil: strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular strong nominative/accusative plural weak nominative all-gender singular weak accusative feminine/neuter singular == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin senīlis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /seˈni.le/ Rhymes: -ile Hyphenation: se‧nì‧le === Adjective === senile m or f by sense (plural senili) senile ==== Derived terms ==== senilità senilmente === Anagrams === lesine == Latin == === Adjective === senīle nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of senīlis == Old French == === Etymology === From Latin senīlis. === Adjective === senile m (oblique and nominative feminine singular senile) relating to old age ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== French: sénile→ English: senile == Swedish == === Adjective === senile definite natural masculine singular of senil