old

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
2. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
3. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
4. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
5. Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.
6. Having existed or lived for the specified time.
7. Of an earlier time.
8. Of an earlier time.
9. Of an earlier time.
10. Of an earlier time.
11. (UK) Of an earlier time.
12. Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
13. Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
14. A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive, and combined with another adjective.
15. (informal) Indicating affection and familiarity.
16. Designed for a mature audience; unsuitable for children below a certain age.
17. (obsolete) Excessive, abundant.

Noun

1. (countable, invariable, plural, plural-only, uncountable) People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
2. (countable, slang, uncountable) A person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager.
3. (countable, slang, uncountable) One's parents.
4. (Australia, uncountable) A typically dark-coloured lager brewed by the traditional top-fermentation method.

Concepts

vieux

🧓

ancien

🧓

âgé

🧓

usé

antique

vieille

vieil

avoir

précédent

vieillir

ex-

préalable

antérieur

vétuste

vieille personne

vieilles

vieillard

vieillerie

ancient

caduque

deuxième main

occasionné

olda

rengaine

très vieux

usagé

vieilli

qui dure depuis longtemps

agé

euse

ancienne

antiquité

autrefois

caduc

démodé

gâté

jadis

linge

long

navet

obsolète

occasion

passé

petit

translated by avoir followed by the length of time

Opposé de

new

Synonymes

ancient

aged

elderly

former

worn out

antique

decayed

decrepit

previous

used

antiquated

worn

outdated

experienced

great

old-fashioned

stale

dilapidated

past

long

archaic

elder

obsolete

senile

tough

old person

older

of long standing

rotten

age

not new

coarse

not tender

bygone

ragged

withered

big

outmoded

olden

infirm

old-time

venerable

mature

no good

🙅

superannuated

sometime

large

adult

🧑

senior

spoiled

Traductions

alt

🧓

viejo

🧓

vecchio

🧓

oud

🧓

velho

🧓

antiguo

🧓

vell

🧓

antico

vetus

🧓

vieja

eski

🧓

anciano

anziano

παλιός

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈəʊld/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: olde

Hérité de ancien anglais: ald

Appartenant à écossais: auld

Appartenant à frison septentrional: ool

Appartenant à saterlandais: oold

Appartenant à frison occidental: âld

Appartenant à néerlandais: oud

Appartenant à bas-allemand: old

Appartenant à allemand: alt

Appartenant à suédois: äldre

Appartenant à islandais: eldri

Appartenant à latin: altus

In summary

Inherited from Middle English old, oold, from Old English ald, eald (“old, aged, ancient, antique, primeval”), from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown-up”), originally a participle form, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós (“grown, tall, big”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots aald, auld (“old”), Yola yola, yolaw, yold, yole (“old”), North Frisian ool, ual, üülj (“old”), Saterland Frisian oold (“old”), West Frisian âld (“old”), Alemannic German altu, oalt, oalts, olt, àltà (“old”), Bavarian oid (“old”), Central Franconian alt, aod, auw, oot (“old”), Cimbrian, German alt (“old”), Dutch oud, oudt (“old”), German Low German old, oolt (“old”), Luxembourgish al (“old”), Mòcheno òlt (“old”), Vilamovian aołd (“old”), Yiddish אַלט (alt, “old”), Danish ældre (“elderly”), Faroese eldri (“elder, older”), Icelandic aldinn (“old”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk eldre (“elderly”), Swedish äldre (“elderly”), Crimean Gothic alt (“old”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 (alþeis, “old”), Latin altus (“high, tall, grown big, lofty”). Related to eld.

Phrases

How old are you ?

Quel âge as-tu?

The old man knew how to read , and had already read the book .

Le vieil homme savait lire et avait déjà lu le livre.

The old man returned the book to the boy .

Le vieil homme a rendu le livre au garçon.

He was such a jolly old bloke .

Robert Soto has been dancing since he was eight years old .

Robert Soto dansant depuis l'âge de huit ans.

The jolliest old woman !

La vieille femme la plus bouclée!