elderly

English

elder +‎ -ly

elderly

old; having lived for relatively many years
Of an object, being old-fashioned or frail due to aging
- 1988, Anne Tyler, chapter 1, in 'Breathing Lessons':
  The car was parked toward the rear of the shop, an elderly gray-blue Dodge. It looked better than it had in years.

old

German: älter (de), bejahrt (de), betagt (de)
Greek:
Ancient: γηραιός (gēraiós)
Irish: cnagaosta, scothaosta, seanórtha
Italian: anziano (it) m
Japanese: 年配 (ねんぱい, nenpai), やや年とった (yaya toshi totta)
Maori: ahungarua, mātāpuputu
Portuguese: idoso (pt) m, idosa (pt) f
Romanian: vârsta a treia (ro), bătrân (ro) m or n, bătrână (ro) f, bătrâni pl, vârstnici pl
Russian: пожило́й (ru) (požilój), в во́зрасте (ru) (v vózraste), (very old) престаре́лый (ru) (prestarélyj)
Spanish: anciano (es), entrado en años
Swedish: äldre (sv)
Telugu: పెద్దలు (te) (peddalu)
Udmurt: пересь (peresʹ)

elderly (plural elderlies)

elderly person

elderly as group

Arabic: مُسِنُّون‎ m pl (musinnūn), مُسِنّات‎ f pl (musinnāt), مَسانّ‎ pl (masānn)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 老人家 (lou⁵ jan⁴ gaa¹)
Finnish: vanhukset (fi) pl

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