aging

English

Alternative forms

ageing (Commonwealth English)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.dʒɪŋ/

Verb

aging

present participle of age

Noun

aging (countable and uncountable, plural agings) (US)

The process of becoming older or more mature.
The deliberate process of making something (such as an antique) appear older than it is.
(gerontology) Becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time.

Translations

the process of becoming older or more mature

Catalan: envelliment (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 老化 (zh) (lǎohuà)
Danish: ældning c
Finnish: vanheneminen (fi), ikääntyminen (fi)
French: vieillissement (fr) m
Galician: envellecemento (gl) m
German: Altern (de) n
Indonesian: penuaan (id)

Italian: invecchiamento (it) m
Japanese: 老化 (ja) (ろうか, rōka)
Korean: 노화 (ko) (nohwa), 로화 (ko) (rohwa) (North Korea)
Ngazidja Comorian: uɗuhazi class 11
Portuguese: envelhecimento (pt) m
Russian: старе́ние (ru) n (starénije)
Spanish: envejecimiento (es) m
Volapük: bäldikam

the deliberate process of making something (such as an antique) appear older than it is

Portuguese: envelhecimento (pt) m

becoming senescent

Finnish: vanheneminen (fi)

Adjective

aging (comparative more aging, superlative most aging)

Becoming elderly.
The aging artist could no longer steadily hold the brush.

Usage notes

Comparative and superlative forms are rare.

Translations

becoming elderly

Finnish: vanheneva (fi), ikääntyvä (fi)
French: vieillissant (fr)
German: alternd (de)

Hungarian: korosodó (hu), öregedő (hu)
Russian: старе́ющий (ru) (staréjuščij)

Anagrams

Gangi, nigga

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