alder

Etymology

From Middle English alder, aller, from Old English alor, from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare Swedish al, Saterland Frisian äller(boom)), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle, Norwegian or), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos (compare Hittite [script needed] (alanza(n)), Latin alnus, Latvian al̃ksnis, Polish olcha, Albanian halë (“black pine”), Ancient Macedonian (Hesychius) άλιχα (álicha, “white poplar”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːldə/
• (US)
  • (without cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɔldɚ/
  • (with cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɑldɚ/

Noun

alder (plural alders)

1. Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family.

Anagrams

• Adler, Alred, Eldar, Leard, Radel, Radle, lader, lared

Etymology

From Old Danish aldær, from Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą.

Noun

alder c (singular definite alderen, plural indefinite aldre)

1. age

Etymology

From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *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)

1. age

References

• “alder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą. Akin to ale (“to raise”), from ala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑldɛr/

Noun

alder m (definite singular alderen, indefinite plural aldrar, definite plural aldrane)

1. age

References

• “alder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology 1

From Old Norse allr, from Proto-Germanic *allaz.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą.