"alder" meaning in English

See alder in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɔːldə/ [UK], /ˈɔldɚ/ (note: without the cot–caught merger), /ˈɑldɚ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alder.wav Forms: alders [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English aldre, alder, aller, from Old English alor, from Proto-West Germanic *aluʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō, *alizō, *alisō. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|aldre|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English aldre, {{inh+|en|enm|aldre}} Inherited from Middle English aldre, {{inh|en|ang|alor}} Old English alor, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*aliʀu|*aluʀu}} Proto-West Germanic *aluʀu, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*aluz, *alusō, *alizō, *alisō}} Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō, *alizō, *alisō Head templates: {{en-noun}} alder (plural alders)
  1. Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family. Categories (lifeform): Birch family plants Translations (any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus): алтӏа́ (altʼá) (Abaza), алчӏвы́ (alćʷʼə́) (Abaza), ал (al) (Abkhaz), екӏапцӏ (jekʼapcʼ) (Adyghe), verr (Albanian), κλήθρα (klḗthra) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), جَار الْمَاء (jār al-māʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), نَغْت (naḡt) [masculine] (Arabic), լաստենի (lasteni) (Armenian), anin (roa-rup) (Aromanian), arin (roa-rup) (Aromanian), qızılağac (Azerbaijani), ерек (yerek) (Bashkir), haltz (Basque), вольха (vólʹxa) (Belarusian), gwern [plural] (Breton), елша (elša) (Bulgarian), vern [masculine] (Catalan), маъ (maʔ) (Chechen), 榿 (Chinese Mandarin), (qī) (Chinese Mandarin), 赤楊 (Chinese Mandarin), 赤杨 (chìyáng) (Chinese Mandarin), olše [feminine] (Czech), el (Danish), els [masculine] (Dutch), eller [feminine] (Dutch Low Saxon), нӧлпӧ (nölpö) (Eastern Mari), лепе (ľepe) (Erzya), alno (Esperanto), lepp (Estonian), elri [masculine] (Faroese), ølur [masculine] (Faroese), leppä (Finnish), aulne [masculine] (French), verne [masculine] (French), amieiro [masculine] (Galician), ameneiro [masculine] (Galician), abeneiro [masculine] (Galician), arche [masculine] (Galician), თხმელა (txmela) (Georgian), მურყანი (murq̇ani) (Georgian), Erle [feminine] (German), Eller [feminine] (German), Erlenbaum [feminine] (German), άλνος (álnos) [masculine] (Greek), σκλήθρα (sklíthra) [feminine] (Greek), palleq (Greenlandic), éger (Hungarian), elri [neuter] (Icelandic), ölur [masculine] (Icelandic), leppä (Ingrian), миинг (miı̇ng) (Ingush), fearnóg [feminine] (Irish), ontano [masculine] (Italian), 榿 (hannoki) (Japanese), екӏэпцӏэ (jekʼɛpcʼɛ) (Kabardian), қандыағаш (qandyağaş) (Kazakh), ле̄һпь (liehp’) (Kildin Sami), aunëi [masculine] (Ladin), alnus [feminine] (Latin), alksnis [masculine] (Latvian), თხომუ (txomu) (Laz), ფშქველა (pşkvela) (Laz), Eller [German-Low-German, feminine] (Low German), Els [German-Low-German, feminine] (Low German), wólša [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), евла (evla) [feminine] (Macedonian), farney [masculine] (Manx), farney [feminine] (Manx), توسکا (tuskā) (Mazanderani), rin [masculine] (Megleno-Romanian), aldre (Middle English), თხუმუ (txumu) (Mingrelian), Īlītl (Nahuatl), aune [masculine] (Norman), or [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), older [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), or [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), older [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), vèrn [masculine] (Occitan), wadoop (Ojibwe), alor [masculine] (Old English), fern (Old Irish), ǫlr [masculine] (Old Norse), elri [neuter] (Old Norse), elrir [masculine] (Old Norse), órir [masculine] (Old Norse), фӕрв (færv) (Ossetian), قزل آغاج (kızıl ağaç) (Ottoman Turkish), توسکا (tuskâ) (Persian), رزدار (razdâr) (Persian), olcha [feminine] (Polish), olsza [feminine] (Polish), amieiro [masculine] (Portuguese), arin [masculine] (Romanian), anin [masculine] (Romanian), ольха́ (olʹxá) [feminine] (Russian), aller (Scots), feàrna [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), crann-fèarna [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), joha [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), jova [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), jelša [feminine] (Slovak), jelša (Slovene), aliso [masculine] (Spanish), ბალყა̈ჩ (balq̇äč) (Svan), al [common-gender] (Swedish), aliso (Tagalog), kızılağaç (Turkish), лулпу (lulpu) (Udmurt), вільха (vilʹxa) (Ukrainian), onaro (Venetan), gwernen [feminine] (Welsh), лӱлпӹ (lülpÿ) (Western Mari), אָלכע (olkhe) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: owler (english: Lancashire), aller [UK, dialectal]
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: alders [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of alderman. Head templates: {{en-noun}} alder (plural alders)
  1. An alderman or alderwoman. Derived forms: alder-liefest, aldership
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: owler (english: Lancashire), aller [UK, dialectal]
Etymology number: 2

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        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Birch family plants",
          "orig": "en:Birch family plants",
          "parents": [
            "Fagales order plants",
            "Plants",
            "Shrubs",
            "Trees",
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            "All topics",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "alder bush"
        },
        {
          "word": "Aldercar"
        },
        {
          "word": "alder carr"
        },
        {
          "word": "alderfly"
        },
        {
          "word": "aldern"
        },
        {
          "word": "alderwood"
        },
        {
          "word": "cherry alder"
        },
        {
          "word": "tag alder"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Frangula alnus",
          "word": "alder buckthorn"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Alnus acuminata",
          "word": "Andean alder"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Ilex verticillata",
          "word": "black alder"
        },
        {
          "word": "black alder winterberry"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Ilex verticillata",
          "word": "brook alder"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Alnus subcordata",
          "word": "Caucasian alder"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Alnus glutinosa",
          "word": "common alder"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Alnus glutinosa",
          "word": "European alder"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Cunonia capensis",
          "word": "false alder"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Alnus formosana",
          "word": "Formosan alder"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Alnus viridis",
          "word": "green alder"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Alnus incana",
          "word": "grey alder"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Alnus serrulata",
          "word": "hazel alder"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Alnus nitida",
          "word": "Himalayan alder"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Alnus cordata",
          "word": "Italian alder"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Alnus japonica",
          "word": "Japanese alder"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Alnus hirsuta",
          "word": "Manchurian alder"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Alnus jorullensis",
          "word": "Mexican alder"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Alnus nepalensis",
          "word": "Nepalese alder"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Alnus orientalis",
          "word": "oriental alder"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Alnus rubra",
          "word": "red alder"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Alnus maritima",
          "word": "seaside alder"
        },
        {
          "word": "smooth alder"
        },
        {
          "word": "speckled alder"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Ilex verticillata",
          "word": "striped alder"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Ilex verticillata",
          "word": "white alder"
        },
        {
          "word": "witch alder"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1923 October, Robert Frost, “[Notes.] The Axe-helve.”, in New Hampshire […], New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 37:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 273:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1967, J. A. Baker, The Peregrine, page 40:",
          "text": "That's what the tiercel was doing when I found him again in the alder.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family."
      ],
      "id": "en-alder-en-noun-eXQATVUn",
      "links": [
        [
          "Alnus",
          "Alnus#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "birch",
          "birch"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "abq",
          "lang": "Abaza",
          "roman": "altʼá",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "алтӏа́"
        },
        {
          "code": "abq",
          "lang": "Abaza",
          "roman": "alćʷʼə́",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "алчӏвы́"
        },
        {
          "code": "ab",
          "lang": "Abkhaz",
          "roman": "al",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "ал"
        },
        {
          "code": "ady",
          "lang": "Adyghe",
          "roman": "jekʼapcʼ",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "екӏапцӏ"
        },
        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "verr"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "jār al-māʔ",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "جَار الْمَاء"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "naḡt",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "نَغْت"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "lasteni",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "լաստենի"
        },
        {
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "anin (roa-rup)"
        },
        {
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "arin (roa-rup)"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "qızılağac"
        },
        {
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "yerek",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "ерек"
        },
        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "haltz"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vólʹxa",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "вольха"
        },
        {
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "gwern"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "elša",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "елша"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vern"
        },
        {
          "code": "ce",
          "lang": "Chechen",
          "roman": "maʔ",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "маъ"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "榿"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qī",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "桤"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "赤楊"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chìyáng",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "赤杨"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "olše"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "el"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "els"
        },
        {
          "code": "myv",
          "lang": "Erzya",
          "roman": "ľepe",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "лепе"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "alno"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "lepp"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "elri"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ølur"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "leppä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aulne"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "verne"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "amieiro"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ameneiro"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "abeneiro"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "arche"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "txmela",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "თხმელა"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "murq̇ani",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "მურყანი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Erle"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Eller"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Erlenbaum"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "álnos",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "άλνος"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sklíthra",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "σκλήθρα"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "klḗthra",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "κλήθρα"
        },
        {
          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "palleq"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "éger"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "elri"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ölur"
        },
        {
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "leppä"
        },
        {
          "code": "inh",
          "lang": "Ingush",
          "roman": "miı̇ng",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "миинг"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fearnóg"
        },
        {
          "code": "sga",
          "lang": "Old Irish",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "fern"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ontano"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hannoki",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "榿"
        },
        {
          "code": "kbd",
          "lang": "Kabardian",
          "roman": "jekʼɛpcʼɛ",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "екӏэпцӏэ"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qandyağaş",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "қандыағаш"
        },
        {
          "code": "lld",
          "lang": "Ladin",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aunëi"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alnus"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "alksnis"
        },
        {
          "code": "lzz",
          "lang": "Laz",
          "roman": "txomu",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "თხომუ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lzz",
          "lang": "Laz",
          "roman": "pşkvela",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "ფშქველა"
        },
        {
          "code": "nds-nl",
          "lang": "Dutch Low Saxon",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "eller"
        },
        {
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "German-Low-German",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Eller"
        },
        {
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "German-Low-German",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Els"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "evla",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "евла"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "farney"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "farney"
        },
        {
          "code": "mhr",
          "lang": "Eastern Mari",
          "roman": "nölpö",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "нӧлпӧ"
        },
        {
          "code": "mrj",
          "lang": "Western Mari",
          "roman": "lülpÿ",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "лӱлпӹ"
        },
        {
          "code": "mzn",
          "lang": "Mazanderani",
          "roman": "tuskā",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "توسکا"
        },
        {
          "code": "ruq",
          "lang": "Megleno-Romanian",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rin"
        },
        {
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "aldre"
        },
        {
          "code": "xmf",
          "lang": "Mingrelian",
          "roman": "txumu",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "თხუმუ"
        },
        {
          "code": "nah",
          "lang": "Nahuatl",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "word": "Īlītl"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aune"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "or"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "older"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "or"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "older"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
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      "code": "ady",
      "lang": "Adyghe",
      "roman": "jekʼapcʼ",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "екӏапцӏ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "verr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jār al-māʔ",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "جَار الْمَاء"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "naḡt",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "نَغْت"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "lasteni",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "լաստենի"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "anin (roa-rup)"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "arin (roa-rup)"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "qızılağac"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "yerek",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "ерек"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "haltz"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vólʹxa",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "вольха"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "gwern"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "elša",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "елша"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vern"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "maʔ",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "маъ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "榿"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qī",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "桤"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "赤楊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chìyáng",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "赤杨"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "olše"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "el"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "els"
    },
    {
      "code": "myv",
      "lang": "Erzya",
      "roman": "ľepe",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "лепе"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "alno"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "lepp"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "elri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ølur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "leppä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aulne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verne"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amieiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ameneiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abeneiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arche"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "txmela",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "თხმელა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "murq̇ani",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "მურყანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Eller"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erlenbaum"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "álnos",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "άλνος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sklíthra",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σκλήθρα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "klḗthra",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κλήθρα"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "palleq"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "éger"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "elri"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ölur"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "leppä"
    },
    {
      "code": "inh",
      "lang": "Ingush",
      "roman": "miı̇ng",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "миинг"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fearnóg"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "fern"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ontano"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hannoki",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "榿"
    },
    {
      "code": "kbd",
      "lang": "Kabardian",
      "roman": "jekʼɛpcʼɛ",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "екӏэпцӏэ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qandyağaş",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "қандыағаш"
    },
    {
      "code": "lld",
      "lang": "Ladin",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aunëi"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alnus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alksnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lzz",
      "lang": "Laz",
      "roman": "txomu",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "თხომუ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lzz",
      "lang": "Laz",
      "roman": "pşkvela",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "ფშქველა"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-nl",
      "lang": "Dutch Low Saxon",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eller"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Eller"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Els"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "evla",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "евла"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "farney"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "farney"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "nölpö",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "нӧлпӧ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mrj",
      "lang": "Western Mari",
      "roman": "lülpÿ",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "лӱлпӹ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mzn",
      "lang": "Mazanderani",
      "roman": "tuskā",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "توسکا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ruq",
      "lang": "Megleno-Romanian",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rin"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "aldre"
    },
    {
      "code": "xmf",
      "lang": "Mingrelian",
      "roman": "txumu",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "თხუმუ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nah",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "Īlītl"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aune"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "or"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "older"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "or"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "older"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vèrn"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "wadoop"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alor"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ǫlr"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "elri"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "elrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "órir"
    },
    {
      "code": "os",
      "lang": "Ossetian",
      "roman": "færv",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "фӕрв"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kızıl ağaç",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "قزل آغاج"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tuskâ",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "توسکا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "razdâr",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "رزدار"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "olcha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "olsza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amieiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "olʹxá",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ольха́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sjd",
      "lang": "Kildin Sami",
      "roman": "liehp’",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "ле̄һпь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "aller"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "feàrna"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crann-fèarna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "joha"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jova"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jelša"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "jelša"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wólša"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aliso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sva",
      "lang": "Svan",
      "roman": "balq̇äč",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "ბალყა̈ჩ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "al"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "aliso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "kızılağaç"
    },
    {
      "code": "udm",
      "lang": "Udmurt",
      "roman": "lulpu",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "лулпу"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vilʹxa",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "вільха"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "word": "onaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gwernen"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "olkhe",
      "sense": "any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אָלכע"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alder"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Old Swedish a-stem nouns",
    "Old Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Swedish lemmas",
    "Old Swedish masculine nouns",
    "Old Swedish nouns",
    "Old Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Old Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Old Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Birch family plants"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "alder-liefest"
    },
    {
      "word": "aldership"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of alderman.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alders",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "alder (plural alders)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Stephanie Luce -, Fighting for a Living Wage, page 121:",
          "text": "Almost immediately, city alders contacted the campaign to negotiate an ordinance.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Dawn Day Biehler, Pests in the City: Flies, Bedbugs, Cockroaches, and Rats, page 180:",
          "text": "Chicago's mayor Edward Kennelly, the city alders, and many white Chicagoans opposed this siting plan.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 September 28, Isabel Bysiewicz, “Eidelson reflects on time as alder”, in Yale Daily News:",
          "text": "After three years as Ward 1 alder, Sarah Eidelson ’12 will leave city government at the end of the year.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An alderman or alderwoman."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alderman",
          "alderman"
        ],
        [
          "alderwoman",
          "alderwoman"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "Lancashire",
      "word": "owler"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "aller"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alder"
}

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