old

Etymology
From, , from , , from , from , originally a participle form, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Related to.

Adjective

 * 1) Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
 * 2) Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.
 * 3) Of a perishable item, having existed for most of, or more than, its shelf life.
 * 4) Of a species or language, belonging to a lineage that is distantly related others
 * 5) Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.
 * 6) Having existed or lived for the specified time.
 * 7)  Of an earlier time.
 * 8) Former, previous.
 * 9) That is no longer in existence.
 * 10) Obsolete; out-of-date.
 * 11) Familiar.
 * 12)  Being a graduate or alumnus of a school, especially a public school.
 * 13) Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
 * 14) Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
 * 15) Designed for a mature audience; unsuitable for children below a certain age.
 * 16)  Excessive, abundant.
 * 1)  Of an earlier time.
 * 2) Former, previous.
 * 3) That is no longer in existence.
 * 4) Obsolete; out-of-date.
 * 5) Familiar.
 * 6)  Being a graduate or alumnus of a school, especially a public school.
 * 7) Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
 * 8) Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
 * 9) Designed for a mature audience; unsuitable for children below a certain age.
 * 10)  Excessive, abundant.
 * 1)  Being a graduate or alumnus of a school, especially a public school.
 * 2) Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
 * 3) Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
 * 4) Designed for a mature audience; unsuitable for children below a certain age.
 * 5)  Excessive, abundant.
 * 1) Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
 * 2) Designed for a mature audience; unsuitable for children below a certain age.
 * 3)  Excessive, abundant.
 * 1) Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
 * 2) Designed for a mature audience; unsuitable for children below a certain age.
 * 3)  Excessive, abundant.
 * 1) Designed for a mature audience; unsuitable for children below a certain age.
 * 2)  Excessive, abundant.
 * 1) Designed for a mature audience; unsuitable for children below a certain age.
 * 2)  Excessive, abundant.
 * 1) Designed for a mature audience; unsuitable for children below a certain age.
 * 2)  Excessive, abundant.
 * 1) Designed for a mature audience; unsuitable for children below a certain age.
 * 2)  Excessive, abundant.
 * 1)  Excessive, abundant.
 * 1)  Excessive, abundant.
 * 1)  Excessive, abundant.
 * 1)  Excessive, abundant.
 * 1)  Excessive, abundant.
 * 1)  Excessive, abundant.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:old
 * , /, , , ; see also Thesaurus:elderly
 * ,, , , ; see also Thesaurus:former
 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:obsolete
 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:obsolete

Translations

 * Mandarin:
 * Simplified:
 * Traditional:
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish:
 * Manchu:

Noun

 * 1)  People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
 * A civilised society should always look after the old in the community.
 * 1)  A person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager.
 * 2)  One's parents.
 * I had to sneak out to meet my girlfriend and tell the olds I was going to the library.
 * 1)   A typically dark-coloured lager brewed by the traditional top-fermentation method.
 * 1)  One's parents.
 * I had to sneak out to meet my girlfriend and tell the olds I was going to the library.
 * 1)   A typically dark-coloured lager brewed by the traditional top-fermentation method.

Etymology 1
From, from , cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  period, age, generation
 * 2)  antiquity
 * 1)  antiquity
 * 1)  antiquity

Etymology 2
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Noun

 * 1) Classical Civilization

Etymology
From. The A became an O through the effect of the velarised L in the same manner as in 🇨🇬.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Etymology
From +.

Verb

 * 1)  to solve
 * 2)  to untie