"elderly" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɛldɚli/ [General-American], /ˈɛldəli/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-elderly.ogg [US] Forms: more elderly [comparative], most elderly [superlative]
Etymology: elder + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|elder|ly|id2=adjectival}} elder + -ly Head templates: {{en-adj}} elderly (comparative more elderly, superlative most elderly)
  1. old; having lived for relatively many years. Synonyms: elder, old, elderly Translations (old): жъы (ẑə) (Adyghe), bejaard (Afrikaans), γηραιός (gēraiós) (Ancient Greek), տարեց (tarecʿ) (Armenian), yaşlı (Azerbaijani), стары́ (starý) (Belarusian), пажылы́ (pažylý) (Belarusian), у гада́х (u hadáx) (Belarusian), немалады́ (njemaladý) (Belarusian), стар (star) (Bulgarian), въ́зстар (vǎ́zstar) (Bulgarian), възста́р (vǎzstár) (Bulgarian), въ́зрастен (vǎ́zrasten) (Bulgarian), ancià [masculine] (Catalan), shashaka (Chamicuro), ᎠᎦᏴᎵ (agayvli) (Cherokee), ло (lo) [Dungan] (Chinese), (lǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), starý (Czech), ældre (Danish), bejaard (Dutch), maljuna (Esperanto), grandaĝa (Esperanto), vanha (Finnish), iäkäs (Finnish), vieux (French), ancien (French), âgé (French), ancián [masculine] (Galician), anciá [feminine] (Galician), älter (German), bejahrt (German), betagt (German), ηλικιωμένος (ilikioménos) (Greek), cnagaosta (Irish), scothaosta (Irish), seanórtha (Irish), anziano [masculine] (Italian), 年配 (nenpai) (alt: ねんぱい) (Japanese), やや年とった (yaya toshi totta) (Japanese), 나이가 지긋하다 (naiga jigeuthada) (Korean), longaevus (Latin), senex (Latin), vetus (Latin), ahungarua (Maori), mātāpuputu (Maori), aldraðr (Old Norse), ellerachtich (Plautdietsch), oolt (Plautdietsch), stary (Polish), niemłody (Polish), idoso [masculine] (Portuguese), idosa [feminine] (Portuguese), vârsta a treia (Romanian), bătrân [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), bătrână [feminine] (Romanian), ста́рый (stáryj) (Russian), пожило́й (požilój) (Russian), в лета́х (v letáx) (Russian), в года́х (v godáx) (Russian), в во́зрасте (v vózraste) (Russian), престаре́лый (prestarélyj) (english: very old) (Russian), anciano (Spanish), entrado en años (Spanish), äldre (Swedish), matanda (Tagalog), పెద్దలు (peddalu) (Telugu), ktsaitstse (Tocharian B), śrāñ (Tocharian B), пересь (pereś) (Udmurt), стари́й (starýj) (Ukrainian), лі́тній (lítnij) (Ukrainian), у літа́х (u litáx) (Ukrainian), немолоди́й (nemolodýj) (Ukrainian), підста́ркуватий (pidstárkuvatyj) (Ukrainian), pil (Zazaki), khal (diq) (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-elderly-en-adj-iNFGQ~VJ Disambiguation of 'old': 85 15
  2. Of an object, being old-fashioned or frail due to aging. Categories (topical): Gerontology Synonyms: dated, outworn, decrepit, timeworn, obsolete, deteriorated
    Sense id: en-elderly-en-adj-rGVxbZ2b Disambiguation of Gerontology: 6 78 8 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: anthropic, old
Synonyms: elder, elderly, geriatric, long in the tooth [idiomatic], matured, of a certain age [euphemistic], old as Methuselah, on in years [euphemistic, idiomatic, mildly], over the hill [idiomatic], senior, superannuated, ivy-covered [UK], moss-covered [UK], preserved [US] Hyponyms: By degree:, suprageriatric, By gender:, matronly, By reference to hair:, grey-haired, grizzled, grizzly, hoary, silver-haired, silvery-haired, white-haired, By reference to skin:, prune-faced, shriveled-up [slang], wizened, wrinkled, wrinkled-up, wrinkly, wrizled [obsolete]

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛldɚli/ [General-American], /ˈɛldəli/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-elderly.ogg [US] Forms: elderlies [plural]
Etymology: elder + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|elder|ly|id2=adjectival}} elder + -ly Head templates: {{en-noun}} elderly (plural elderlies)
  1. An elderly person. Translations (elderly person): مُسِنّ (musinn) [masculine] (Arabic), مُسِنَّة (musinna) [feminine] (Arabic), বয়স্ক (boẏosko) [masculine] (Bengali), বয়স্কা (boẏoska) [feminine] (Bengali), বুজুর্গ (bujurg) (Bengali), възрастен чове́к (vǎzrasten čovék) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tigulang (Cebuano), maljunulo (Esperanto), grandaĝulo (Esperanto), vanhus (Finnish), aîné [masculine] (French), personne âgée [feminine] (French), ancián [masculine] (Galician), anciá [feminine] (Galician), बुज़ुर्ग (buzurg) (Hindi), anziano [masculine] (Italian), anziana [feminine] (Italian), anziani [masculine, plural] (Italian), anziane [feminine, plural] (Italian), قوجه (koca) (Ottoman Turkish), idoso [masculine] (Portuguese), åldring [common-gender] (Swedish), matanda (Tagalog), awessar [masculine] (Tarifit), tawessart [feminine] (Tarifit), بزرگ (buzurg) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-elderly-en-noun-7w4se6p8 Disambiguation of 'elderly person': 100 0
  2. (with definite article, collective) Older people as a whole. Tags: collective, with-definite-article
    Sense id: en-elderly-en-noun-cu6JXhBE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 23 3 68 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival): 24 27 3 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: elderly care Translations (elderly as group): مُسِنُّون (musinnūn) [masculine, plural] (Arabic), مُسِنّات (musinnāt) [feminine, plural] (Arabic), مَسانّ (masānn) [plural] (Arabic), 老人家 (lou⁵ jan⁴ gaa¹) (Chinese Cantonese), de ældre (Danish), vanhukset [plural] (Finnish), seandaoine [plural] (Irish), anziani [plural] (Italian), de eldre (Norwegian Bokmål), bătrânime [feminine] (Romanian), bătrânet [neuter] (Romanian), stárež (Slovak), de äldre (Swedish), iwessura [plural] (Tarifit)
Disambiguation of 'elderly as group': 0 0

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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ady",
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          "word": "жъы"
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          "word": "տարեց"
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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          "word": "yaşlı"
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "starý",
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
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          "word": "немалады́"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "old",
          "word": "стар"
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "word": "възста́р"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ccc",
          "lang": "Chamicuro",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "shashaka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "agayvli",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "ᎠᎦᏴᎵ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "dng",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "lo",
          "sense": "old",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ло"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lǎo",
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "starý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "ældre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "bejaard"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "maljuna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "grandaĝa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "vanha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "iäkäs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "vieux"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "ancien"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "âgé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "old",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ancián"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "old",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "anciá"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "älter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "bejahrt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "betagt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ilikioménos",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "ηλικιωμένος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "gēraiós",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "γηραιός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "cnagaosta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "scothaosta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "seanórtha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "old",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "anziano"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "alt": "ねんぱい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nenpai",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "年配"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yaya toshi totta",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "やや年とった"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "naiga jigeuthada",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "나이가 지긋하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "longaevus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "senex"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "vetus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "ahungarua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "mātāpuputu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "non",
          "lang": "Old Norse",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "aldraðr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "ellerachtich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "oolt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "stary"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "niemłody"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "old",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "idoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "old",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "idosa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "vârsta a treia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "old",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bătrân"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "old",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bătrână"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stáryj",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "ста́рый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "požilój",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "пожило́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "v letáx",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "в лета́х"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "v godáx",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "в года́х"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "v vózraste",
          "sense": "old",
          "word": "в во́зрасте"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "very old",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prestarélyj",
          "sense": "old",
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          "word": "old"
        },
        {
          "word": "elderly"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1988, Anne Tyler, chapter 1, in Breathing Lessons",
          "text": "The car was parked toward the rear of the shop, an elderly gray-blue Dodge. It looked better than it had in years.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of an object, being old-fashioned or frail due to aging."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "old-fashioned",
          "old-fashioned"
        ],
        [
          "frail",
          "frail"
        ],
        [
          "aging",
          "aging"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dated"
        },
        {
          "word": "outworn"
        },
        {
          "word": "decrepit"
        },
        {
          "word": "timeworn"
        },
        {
          "word": "obsolete"
        },
        {
          "word": "deteriorated"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛldɚli/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛldəli/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-elderly.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/En-us-elderly.ogg/En-us-elderly.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/En-us-elderly.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:elderly",
      "word": "elder"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:elderly",
      "word": "elderly"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:elderly",
      "word": "geriatric"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:elderly",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "long in the tooth"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:elderly",
      "word": "matured"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:elderly",
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ],
      "word": "of a certain age"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:elderly",
      "word": "old as Methuselah"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:elderly",
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic",
        "idiomatic",
        "mildly"
      ],
      "word": "on in years"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:elderly",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "over the hill"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:elderly",
      "word": "senior"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:elderly",
      "word": "superannuated"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:elderly",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "ivy-covered"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:elderly",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "moss-covered"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:elderly",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "preserved"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ady",
      "lang": "Adyghe",
      "roman": "ẑə",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "жъы"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "bejaard"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tarecʿ",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "տարեց"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "yaşlı"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "starý",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "стары́"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pažylý",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "пажылы́"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "u hadáx",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "у гада́х"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njemaladý",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "немалады́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "star",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "стар"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎ́zstar",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "въ́зстар"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎzstár",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "възста́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎ́zrasten",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "въ́зрастен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "old",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ancià"
    },
    {
      "code": "ccc",
      "lang": "Chamicuro",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "shashaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "agayvli",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "ᎠᎦᏴᎵ"
    },
    {
      "code": "dng",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "lo",
      "sense": "old",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan"
      ],
      "word": "ло"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lǎo",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "老"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "starý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "ældre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "bejaard"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "maljuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "grandaĝa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "vanha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "iäkäs"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "vieux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "ancien"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "âgé"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "old",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ancián"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "old",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "anciá"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "älter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "bejahrt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "betagt"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ilikioménos",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "ηλικιωμένος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "gēraiós",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "γηραιός"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "cnagaosta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "scothaosta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "seanórtha"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "old",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anziano"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ねんぱい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nenpai",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "年配"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yaya toshi totta",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "やや年とった"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "naiga jigeuthada",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "나이가 지긋하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "longaevus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "senex"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "vetus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "ahungarua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "mātāpuputu"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "aldraðr"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "ellerachtich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "oolt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "stary"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "niemłody"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "old",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "old",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "idosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "vârsta a treia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "old",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bătrân"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "old",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bătrână"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stáryj",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "ста́рый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "požilój",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "пожило́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v letáx",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "в лета́х"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v godáx",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "в года́х"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v vózraste",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "в во́зрасте"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "very old",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prestarélyj",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "престаре́лый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "anciano"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "entrado en años"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "äldre"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "matanda"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "peddalu",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "పెద్దలు"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "ktsaitstse"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "śrāñ"
    },
    {
      "code": "udm",
      "lang": "Udmurt",
      "roman": "pereś",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "пересь"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "starýj",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "стари́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lítnij",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "лі́тній"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "u litáx",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "у літа́х"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nemolodýj",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "немолоди́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidstárkuvatyj",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "підста́ркуватий"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "pil"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "old",
      "word": "khal (diq)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "elderly"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival)",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "en:Gerontology"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "elderly care"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "elder",
        "3": "ly",
        "id2": "adjectival"
      },
      "expansion": "elder + -ly",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "elder + -ly",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "elderlies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "elderly (plural elderlies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "eld‧er‧ly"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An elderly person."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English collective nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Older people as a whole."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with definite article, collective) Older people as a whole."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "with-definite-article"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛldɚli/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛldəli/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-elderly.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/En-us-elderly.ogg/En-us-elderly.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/En-us-elderly.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "musinn",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُسِنّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "musinna",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مُسِنَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "boẏosko",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "বয়স্ক"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "boẏoska",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "বয়স্কা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "bujurg",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "word": "বুজুর্গ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎzrasten čovék",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "възрастен чове́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "word": "tigulang"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "word": "maljunulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "word": "grandaĝulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "word": "vanhus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aîné"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "personne âgée"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ancián"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "anciá"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "buzurg",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "word": "बुज़ुर्ग"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anziano"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "anziana"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "anziani"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "anziane"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "koca",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "word": "قوجه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "åldring"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "word": "matanda"
    },
    {
      "code": "rif",
      "lang": "Tarifit",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "awessar"
    },
    {
      "code": "rif",
      "lang": "Tarifit",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tawessart"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "buzurg",
      "sense": "elderly person",
      "word": "بزرگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "musinnūn",
      "sense": "elderly as group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "مُسِنُّون"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "musinnāt",
      "sense": "elderly as group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "مُسِنّات"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "masānn",
      "sense": "elderly as group",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "مَسانّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "lou⁵ jan⁴ gaa¹",
      "sense": "elderly as group",
      "word": "老人家"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "elderly as group",
      "word": "de ældre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "elderly as group",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "vanhukset"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "elderly as group",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "seandaoine"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "elderly as group",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "anziani"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "elderly as group",
      "word": "de eldre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "elderly as group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bătrânime"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "elderly as group",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bătrânet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "elderly as group",
      "word": "stárež"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "elderly as group",
      "word": "de äldre"
    },
    {
      "code": "rif",
      "lang": "Tarifit",
      "sense": "elderly as group",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "iwessura"
    }
  ],
  "word": "elderly"
}

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