Eld — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a late time of life

a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈɛld/

🇬🇧British English

/dˈɔːtə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˈɔːtə/

1 syllable Say it as /ˈɛld/.

Examples

old age is not for sissies
he's showing his years
age hasn't slowed him down at all

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

geezerhood age years old age

Parts of Speech

noun	a late time of life “old age is not for sissies”
noun	a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises “she was now of school age”

Word Forms

age	verb	make older
geezer	noun	a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Feld

eine späte Lebensphase

🇫🇷French

champ

une époque tardive de la vie

🇪🇸Spanish

vejez

una etapa tardía de la vida

🇮🇹Italian

campo

un periodo tardivo della vita

🇳🇱Dutch

veld

een late levensfase

🇵🇹Portuguese

campo

um momento tardio da vida

🇷🇺Russian

поле

позднее время жизни

India

🇮🇳Hindi

वृद्धावस्था

जीवन का अंतिम समय

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রাচীন

জীবনের একটি দেরী সময়

🇮🇳Tamil

முதியவர்

வாழ்க்கையின் தாமதமான நேரம்

🇮🇳Telugu

పెద్దవాడు

జీవితం యొక్క చివరి సమయం

🇮🇳Marathi

वृद्ध

आयुष्याचा उशीरा काळ

🇮🇳Gujarati

વૃદ્ધ

જીવનનો અંતનો સમય

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಿರಿಯ

ಜೀವನದ ತಡವಾದ ಸಮಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മൂപ്പൻ

ജീവിതത്തിൻ്റെ അവസാന സമയം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬਜ਼ੁਰਗ

ਜੀਵਨ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਦੇਰ ਦਾ ਸਮਾਂ

🇵🇰Urdu

بزرگ

زندگی کا دیر سے وقت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

田地

晚年

🇯🇵Japanese

フィールド

人生の遅い時期

🇰🇷Korean

노년

인생의 늦은 시간

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cánh đồng

một thời gian muộn màng của cuộc đời

🇹🇭Thai

เอิร์ล

ช่วงบั้นปลายของชีวิต

🇮🇩Indonesian

tua

masa akhir kehidupan

🇲🇾Malay

padang

masa lewat kehidupan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

المجال

وقت متأخر من الحياة

🇹🇷Turkish

alan

hayatın geç bir zamanı

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The primary meaning of 'eld' is 'a late time of life'.

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'eld' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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