old

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

vecchio

🧓

antico

anziano

vecchia

vecchi

vecchie

precedente

decrepito

usato

attempato

rovinato

vecchissimo

senile

antiquato

anziana

consunto

di vecchia data

invecchiato

logoro

previo

translucido

vecchiume

vetusto

orginale

vécchjiu

avere

coraggioso

grosso

nonna

passato

primitivo

primo

1st

priore

remoto

translated by avere followed by the length of time

anteriore

antichità

Opposto di

new

sinonimi

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outdated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

Traduzioni

vieux

🧓

alt

🧓

viejo

🧓

ancien

🧓

oud

🧓

velho

🧓

antiguo

🧓

vell

🧓

vetus

🧓

âgé

🧓

eski

🧓

vieja

anciano

παλιός

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈəʊld/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: olde

Ereditato da inglese antico: ald

Affine scozzese: auld

Affine frisone settentrionale: ool

Affine saterfriesisch: oold

Affine frisone occidentale: âld

Affine olandese: oud

Affine basso tedesco: old

Affine tedesco: alt

Affine svedese: äldre

Affine islandese: eldri

Affine latino: 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.

Frasi

How old are you ?

Quanti anni hai?

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

Il vecchio sapeva leggere e aveva già letto il libro.

The old man returned the book to the boy .

Il vecchio restituì il libro al ragazzo.

He was such a jolly old bloke .

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

Robert Soto balla da quando aveva otto anni.

The jolliest old woman !

La vecchia più giotta!