Old

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1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.3 Synonyms 1.4 Antonyms 1.5 Translations

English

Pronunciation

GenAm

Adjective

old (older, oldest; elder, eldest )

1. Something that has existed for a long period of time.

Synonyms

• Ancient : very old

Antonyms

• new (things)
• young (animals)

Translations

• Catalan: vell m, vella f (ca)
• Chinese characters: 老, 古, 旧 / 舊
• Chinese: 岁, 老, 年老的 , 老的 (age); 很久的 , 古老的
• Dutch: oud , oude
• Esperanto: malnova
• Finnish: vanha
• French: vieux m m, pl, vieil m, sg(before vowel), vieille f, vieilles f, pl
• Frisian: âld
• German: alt (de)
• Ido: anciena (not new), olda (not young)
• Irish: sean
• Italian: vecchio m, vecchia f, vecchi m, pl, vecchie f, pl
• Japanese: 古い (ふるい , furui)
• Kurdish: pîr (living); kevn (nonliving)
• Manchu: (fe)
• Persian: پیر (pir) 1, قدیمی (qadimi)
• Polish: stary m, stara f, stare n
• Romanian: bătrân m, bătrâni m, pl, bătrână f, bătrâne f, pl (1), vechi m m, pl f, pl, veche f (2)
• Spanish: viejo m, vieja f, viejos m, pl, viejas f, pl

  starý

• Swedish: gammal
• Welsh: hên