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Webster 1913 Edition

Elderly

Eld′er-ly

,

Adj.

Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age;

as,

elderly

people

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Webster 1828 Edition

Elderly

ELD'ERLY

,

Adj.

Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as elderly people

Definition 2024

elderly

elderly

English

Adjective

elderly

old; having lived for relatively many years
Of an object, being old-fashioned or frail due to aging
- 1988, Anne Tyler, chapter 1, in Breathing Lessons:
  The car was parked toward the rear of the shop, an elderly gray-blue Dodge. It looked better than it had in years.

Translations

old

Adyghe: жъы ‎(ẑə)
Armenian: տարեց (hy) ‎(tarecʿ)
Bulgarian: възрастен (bg) ‎(vǎzrasten)
Catalan: ancià (ca) m
Chamicuro: shashaka
Chinese:

Dungan: ло ‎(lo)

Mandarin: 老 (zh) ‎(lǎo), 老年 (zh) ‎(lǎonián)
Dutch: bejaard (nl)
Finnish: vanha (fi), iäkäs (fi)
French: vieux (fr), ancien (fr), âgé (fr)
German: älter (de), bejahrt (de), betagt (de)

Italian: anziano (it) m
Japanese: 年配 ‎(ねんぱい, nenpai), やや年とった ‎(yaya toshi totta)
Maori: ahungarua
Portuguese: idoso (pt) m, idosa f
Romanian: vârsta a treia (ro), bătrân (ro) m, n, bătrână (ro) f, bătrâni pl, vârstnici pl
Russian: пожило́й (ru) ‎(požilój), в во́зрасте (ru) ‎(v vózraste), (very old) престаре́лый (ru) ‎(prestarélyj)
Spanish: anciano (es)
Swedish: äldre (sv)
Telugu: పెద్దలు (te) ‎(peddalu)
Udmurt: пересь ‎(peresʹ)

Related terms

elder
old

Noun

elderly ‎(plural elderlies)

an elderly person
(the elderly) older people as a whole

Translations

elderly person

Bulgarian: възрастен човек m ‎(vǎzrasten čovèk)
Finnish: vanhus (fi)
Italian: anziano (it) m, anziana (it) f, anziani (it) m pl, anziane (it) f pl

elderly as group

Chinese:
Cantonese: 老人家 ‎(lou⁵ jan⁴ gaa¹)
Finnish: vanhukset (fi) pl

Norwegian:
Bokmål: de eldre (no)