alder
English
Alternative forms
- owler (Lancashire)
- aller (UK, dialectal)
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#ALDERCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ALDER aldre, alder, aller, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#ALDERCategory:English terms derived from Old English#ALDER alor, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#ALDERCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#ALDER *aluʀu, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#ALDERCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#ALDER *aluz, *alusō, *alizō, *alisō.
Pronunciation
Noun
alder (plural alders)Category:English lemmas#ALDERCategory:English nouns#ALDERCategory:English countable nouns#ALDERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ALDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALDERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALDER
- Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family.
- 1923 October, Robert Frost, “[Notes.] The Axe-helve.”, in New Hampshire […], New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 37:
- I’ve known ere now an interfering branch / Of alder catch my lifted axe behind me. / But that was in the woods, to hold my hand / From striking at another alder’s roots, / And that was, as I say, an alder branch.Category:English terms with quotations#ALDER
- 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 273:
- Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.Category:English terms with quotations#ALDER
- 1967, J. A. Baker, The Peregrine, page 40:
- That's what the tiercel was doing when I found him again in the alder.Category:English terms with quotations#ALDER
Derived terms
- alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus)
- Andean alderCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Andean%20alder (Alnus acuminataCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Alnus%20acuminata)
- black alder (Alnus glutinosa, Ilex verticillata)
- black alder winterberry
- brook alder (Ilex verticillata)
- Caucasian alderCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Caucasian%20alder (Alnus subcordataCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Alnus%20subcordata)
- common alder (Alnus glutinosa)
- European alder (Alnus glutinosa)
- false alder (Ilex verticillata, Cunonia capensisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Cunonia%20capensis)
- Formosan alderCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Formosan%20alder (Alnus formosanaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Alnus%20formosana)
- green alder (Alnus viridisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Alnus%20viridis)
- grey alder (Alnus incana)
- hazel alder (Alnus serrulataCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Alnus%20serrulata)
- Himalayan alderCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Himalayan%20alder (Alnus nitidaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Alnus%20nitida)
- Italian alderCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Italian%20alder (Alnus cordataCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Alnus%20cordata)
- Japanese alderCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Japanese%20alder (Alnus japonicaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Alnus%20japonica)
- Manchurian alderCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Manchurian%20alder (Alnus hirsutaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Alnus%20hirsuta)
- Mexican alderCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Mexican%20alder (Alnus jorullensisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Alnus%20jorullensis)
- Nepalese alderCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Nepalese%20alder (Alnus nepalensisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Alnus%20nepalensis)
- oriental alderCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#oriental%20alder (Alnus orientalisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Alnus%20orientalis)
- red alder (Alnus rubraCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Alnus%20rubra)
- seaside alderCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#seaside%20alder (Alnus maritimaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Alnus%20maritima)
- smooth alder
- speckled alder
- striped alder (Ilex verticillata)
- white alder (Ilex verticillata)
- witch alder
Translations
Etymology 2
Clipping of aldermanCategory:English clippings#ALDER.
Noun
alder (plural alders)Category:English lemmas#ALDERCategory:English nouns#ALDERCategory:English countable nouns#ALDERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ALDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALDERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALDER
- An alderman or alderwoman.
- 2004, Stephanie Luce -, Fighting for a Living Wage, page 121:
- Almost immediately, city alders contacted the campaign to negotiate an ordinance.Category:English terms with quotations#ALDER
- 2013, Dawn Day Biehler, Pests in the City: Flies, Bedbugs, Cockroaches, and Rats, page 180:
- Chicago's mayor Edward Kennelly, the city alders, and many white Chicagoans opposed this siting plan.Category:English terms with quotations#ALDER
- 2017 September 28, Isabel Bysiewicz, “Eidelson reflects on time as alder”, in Yale Daily News:
- After three years as Ward 1 alder, Sarah Eidelson ’12 will leave city government at the end of the year.Category:English terms with quotations#ALDER
Derived terms
Anagrams
Category:en:Birch family plants#ALDERDanish
Etymology
From Old DanishCategory:Danish terms inherited from Old Danish#ALDERCategory:Danish terms derived from Old Danish#ALDER aldær, from Old NorseCategory:Danish terms inherited from Old Norse#ALDERCategory:Danish terms derived from Old Norse#ALDER aldr, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#ALDER *aldrą.
Noun
alder c (singular definite alderen, plural indefinite aldre)Category:Danish lemmas#ALDERCategory:Danish nouns#ALDERCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#ALDERCategory:Danish common-gender nouns#ALDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALDERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALDER
Declension
Derived terms
- alderdom
- alderdomshjem
- aldersbestemme
- aldersdiabetes
- aldersdiabetiker
- aldersformand
- aldersgruppe
- aldersgrænse
- alderspension
- alderspensionist
- alderspræsident
- aldersspredning
- alderssvarende
- alderstegen
- atomalder
- barnealder
- bondestenalder
- bronzealder
- førskolealder
- gennemsnitsalder
- guldalder
- intelligensalder
- jernalder
- jægerstenalder
- konfirmationsalder
- lavalder
- levealder
- lømmelalder
- menneskealder
- midalder
- middelalder
- myndighedsalder
- overgangsalder
- pensionsalder
- pubertetsalder
- senmiddelalder
- skolealder
- stenalder
- sølvalder
- tidsalder
- trodsalder
- ungpigealder
- voksealder
- voksenalder
- værnepligtsalder
References
- “alder” in Den Danske Ordbog
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old EnglishCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Old English#ALDERCategory:Middle English terms derived from Old English#ALDER ealdr-, oblique stem of ealdor m (“parent, ruler”),[1][2] possibly a secondary masculine built to ealdor n (“life”).[3]
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
alderCategory:Middle English lemmas#ALDERCategory:Middle English nouns#ALDERCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#ALDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALDERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALDER (plural alderes)
- (rareCategory:Middle English rare terms#ALDER, poeticCategory:Middle English poetic terms#ALDER, literaryCategory:Middle English literary terms#ALDER) A leader or ruler.
References
- ↑ “alder, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ↑ “alderman, n.2”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - ↑ Bammesberger, Alfred (1 September 2003), “The Provenance of the Old English Suffix -estre”, in North-Western European Language Evolution (NOWELE), volume 43, John Benjamins Publishing Company, , →ISSN, →OCLC, page 60.
Etymology 2
Noun
alderCategory:Middle English alternative forms#ALDERCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#ALDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALDERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALDER
- alternative form of aldre
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Inherited from Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse#ALDERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse#ALDER aldr, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#ALDERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic#ALDER *aldrą. Akin to ale (“to raise”), from ala.
Noun
alder m (definite singular alderen, indefinite plural aldere or aldre or aldrer, definite plural alderne or aldrene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#ALDERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#ALDERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#ALDERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#ALDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALDERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALDER
Derived terms
References
- “alder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ALDERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow)#ALDERInherited from Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse#ALDERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#ALDER aldr, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#ALDERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic#ALDER *aldrą. Akin to ale (“to raise”), from ala.
Pronunciation
Noun
alder m (definite singular alderen, indefinite plural aldrar, definite plural aldrane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#ALDERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#ALDERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#ALDERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#ALDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALDERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALDER
Derived terms
References
- “alder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From al (“wholly”) + thēr (“there”)Category:Old Frisian compound terms#ALDER.
Adverb
aldērCategory:Old Frisian lemmas#ALDERCategory:Old Frisian adverbs#ALDERCategory:Old Frisian entries with incorrect language header#ALDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALDERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALDER
Conjunction
aldērCategory:Old Frisian lemmas#ALDERCategory:Old Frisian conjunctions#ALDERCategory:Old Frisian entries with incorrect language header#ALDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALDERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALDER
Old Swedish
Alternative forms
- ᛆᛚᚦᚽᚱ (Runic)
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old NorseCategory:Old Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse#ALDERCategory:Old Swedish terms derived from Old Norse#ALDER allr, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Old Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#ALDERCategory:Old Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#ALDER *allaz.
Adjective
alderCategory:Old Swedish lemmas#ALDERCategory:Old Swedish adjectives#ALDERCategory:Old Swedish entries with incorrect language header#ALDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALDERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALDER
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | alder | al | alt |
| accusative | allan | alla | alt |
| dative | allum allom |
aldri aldri |
allu allo |
| genitive | als | aldrar | als |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | allir aller |
allar | al |
| accusative | alla | allar | al |
| dative | allum allom |
allum allom |
allum allom |
| genitive | aldra aldra |
aldra aldra |
aldra aldra |
Descendants
- Swedish: all
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old NorseCategory:Old Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse#ALDERCategory:Old Swedish terms derived from Old Norse#ALDER aldr, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Old Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#ALDERCategory:Old Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#ALDER *aldrą.
Noun
alder mCategory:Old Swedish lemmas#ALDERCategory:Old Swedish nouns#ALDERCategory:Old Swedish entries with incorrect language header#ALDERCategory:Old Swedish masculine nouns#ALDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALDERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALDER
Declension
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| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | aldrer | aldrrin | aldrar | aldranir, aldraner |
| accusative | aldr | aldrin | aldra | aldrana |
| dative | aldri, aldre | aldrinum, aldrenom | aldrum, aldrom | aldrumin, aldromen |
| genitive | aldrs | aldrsins | aldra | aldranna |
Descendants
- Swedish: ålder