elderly
adjetivosubstantivocorrente nos diálogos
- Reino Unido//ˈɛldəli//
- Estados Unidos//ˈɛldɚli//
old; having lived for relatively many years.
adjetivo
- 1
old; having lived for relatively many years.
- 2
Of an object, being old-fashioned or frail due to aging.
The car was parked toward the rear of the shop, an elderly gray-blue Dodge. It looked better than it had in years.
The fleet had been ordered speculatively by Beacon Rail, and intended as heavy shunting and trip locomotives, as well as a viable low-emission replacement for the elderly Class 08/09 'BR Standard large shunter' which dates from the 1950s and 1960s.
Etimologia
Etymology tree Middle English eldre English elder Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English elderly From elder + -ly.
substantivo
- 1
Older people as a whole.
the elderly
health insurance and retirement income for the elderly
- 2
An elderly person.
He lives next door to an elderly.
He lives next door to some elderlies.
Formas
- plural
- elderlies
- comparativo
- more elderly
- superlativo
- most elderly
elderly · old; having lived for relatively many years.
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