old

Signification

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

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈəʊld/

Étymologie

From Middle English olde, ald, 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”). Cognate with Scots auld (“old”), North Frisian ool, ual, uul (“old”), Saterland Frisian oold (“old”), West Frisian âld (“old”), Dutch oud (“old”), Low German old (“old”), German alt (“old”), Swedish äldre (“older, elder”), Icelandic eldri (“older, elder”), Latin altus (“high, tall, grown big, lofty”). Related to eld.

Phrases

The old woman had said the same thing .

La vieille femme avait dit la même chose.

And yet , none of these people has ever met the old king .

Et pourtant, aucune de ces personnes n'a jamais rencontré le vieux roi.

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

Robert Soto dansant depuis l'âge de huit ans.

So there was no pressure to demolish old buildings to put new ones at their place .

Il n'y avait donc aucune pression pour démolir les anciens bâtiments pour en mettre de nouveaux chez eux.

The attic was dark and smelt of old dust .

Le grenier était sombre et sentait la vieille poussière.

" Learn to recognize omens , and follow them ," the old king had said .

"Apprenez à reconnaître les présages et les suivre", avait déclaré le vieux roi.

After its demise , the city would never attain its old glory again .

Après sa disparition, la ville n'atteindrait plus jamais sa vieille gloire.

When he was four weeks old , his family relocated to Vienna , Austria .

À l'âge de quatre semaines, sa famille a déménagé à Vienne, en Autriche.