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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "age"}}
==English==
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===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂ey-|id=life}}
From {{inh|en|enm|age}}, {{der|en|fro|eage|aage, eage, edage}}, from an assumed {{der|en|VL.|*aetāticum}}, derived from {{der|en|la|aetas|aetātem}}, itself derived from {{m|la|aevum||lifetime}}, ultimately from {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂eyu-||vital force}}. Compare {{cog|fr|âge}}.

Displaced native {{ncog|ang|ieldu}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/eɪd͡ʒ/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-age.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|eɪdʒ|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|countable}} The amount of time that some [[being#Noun|being]] has been alive, or that some thing has been in existence, as measured from its birth or origin until the present or until some other given reference point. (Often measured in [[number#Noun|number]] of [[year]]s;  alternatively in [[month]]s, [[day]]s, [[hour]]s, etc.; see also the usage notes)
#: {{ux|en|"What is the '''age''' of your oldest child?" — "He's ten." ''(ten years old)''}}
#: {{ux|en|What were their '''ages''' at the time of their marriage?}}
#: {{ux|en|We can determine the '''age''' of fossils using radiometric dating.}}
#: {{ux|en|What is the present '''age''' of the earth?}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Peter Wilby|chapter=Finland’s education ambassador spreads the word|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/jul/01/education-michael-gove-finland-gcse|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716042037/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/jul/01/education-michael-gove-finland-gcse|archivedate=16 July 2017|title=w:The Guardian|location=London|date=1 July 2013|chapter2=Finland spreads word on schools|title2=w:The Guardian Weekly|location2=London|date2=19 July 2013|volume2=189|issue2=6|page2=30|passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at '''age''' seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the '''age''' of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} The state of being [[old]]; the latter part of life.
#: {{syn|en|old age|dotage|senility|seniority}}; see also [[Thesaurus:old age]]
#: {{ant|en|youth}}
#* '''1936 Feb. 15''', {{w|Ernest Hemingway}}, [https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=XfPa5B2blv0C&pg=PA202 letter] to {{w|Maxwell Perkins}}:
#*: Feel awfully about {{w|F. Scott Fitzgerald|Scott}}... It was a terrible thing for him to love youth so much that he jumped straight from youth to [[senility]] without going through [[manhood]]. The minute he felt youth going he was frightened again and thought there was nothing between youth and '''age'''.
#: {{ux|en|Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with '''age''', sometimes '''age''' just shows up all by itself.}}
# {{lb|en|countable}} Any particular [[stage#Noun|stage]] of [[life]].
#: {{co|en|the '''age''' of infancy}}
# {{lb|en|countable}} The [[time#Noun|time]] of life at which some particular [[power#Noun|power]] or [[capacity]] is [[understand|understood]] to become [[vested#Adjective|vested]].
#: {{co|en|the '''age''' of consent; the '''age''' of discretion}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[maturity|Maturity]]; ''especially'', the time of life at which one [[attain]]s full [[personal#Adjective|personal]] rights and [[capacity|capacities]].
#: {{syn|en|majority|adulthood}}
#: {{co|en|to come of '''age'''; she is now of '''age'''}}
# {{lb|en|countable}} A particular period of time in [[history]], as distinguished from others.
#: {{syn|en|epoch|time|era}}; see also [[Thesaurus:era]]
#: {{co|en|the golden '''age''' of cinema; the first '''age''' of colonialism; a bygone '''age'''}} 
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1970|author=Jim Theis|title=The Eye of Argon|work=OSFAN|volume=10|page=33|section=Chapter 3½|url=https://ansible.uk/misc/eyeargon.pdf|passage=Encircling the marble altar was a congregation of leering shamen. Eerie chants of a bygone '''age''', originating unknown eons before the memory of man, were being uttered from the buried recesses of the acolytes' deep lings {{sic}}.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|title=Yesterday’s fuel: The world’s thirst for oil could be nearing a peak. That is bad news for producers, excellent for everyone else.|url=https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21582516-worlds-thirst-oil-could-be-nearing-peak-bad-news-producers-excellent|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801154742/http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21582516-worlds-thirst-oil-could-be-nearing-peak-bad-news-producers-excellent|archivedate=1 August 2013|newspaper=w:The Economist|date=3 August 2013|volume=408|issue=8847|passage=The dawn of the oil '''age''' was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices). It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber.}}
## The time or era in history when someone or something was alive or flourished.
##: {{ux|en|the '''age''' of Pericles; the '''age''' of the dinosaurs}}
## {{lb|en|countable}} A [[great#Adjective|great]] period in the history of the [[Earth]].
##: {{ux|en|The Bronze '''Age''' was followed by the Iron '''Age'''.}}
## {{senseid|en|geology}}{{lb|en|countable|geology}} The shortest [[geochronologic]] [[unit]], being a period of [[thousand]]s to [[million]]s of [[year]]s; a [[subdivision]] of an [[epoch]] (or sometimes a [[subepoch]]).
##: {{ux|en|The Tithonian '''Age''' was the last in the Late Jurassic Epoch.}}
# {{lb|en|astrology}} One of the twelve [[division]]s of a [[Great Year]], equal to roughly 2000 years and governed by one of the [[zodiacal]] signs; a [[Platonic month]].
#* {{quote-journal|1=en|date=10 Apr 1911|journal= The Evening News|location=Sydney|page=8|column=2|text=Mr Lewis says we are living in the '''age''' of Aquarius, which means that the world is at present passing through the zodiacal sign of Aquarius, the airy constellation.}}
# {{senseid|en|century}} {{lb|en|countable}} A period of [[one]] [[hundred]] years; a [[century]].
#: {{syn|en|centennium}}
# {{rfv-sense|en}} {{lb|en|countable}} The people who live during a particular period.
# {{lb|en|countable|uncommon|possibly|dated}} A [[generation]].
#: {{ux|en|There are three '''ages''' living in her house.}}
# {{lb|en|countable|hyperbole}} A [[long]] time.
#: {{syn|en|eternity|yonks}}; see also [[Thesaurus:eon]]
#: {{ux|en|It’s been an '''age''' since we last saw you.}}
# {{lb|en|countable}} [[lifespan]], [[lifetime]]; the total time that some being is alive from  birth to death (or some category of beings, on average).
#: {{ux|en|The '''age''' of man is three score years and ten.}}
#: {{ux|en|Thrice the '''age''' of a dog is that of a horse.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=The Physical Condition of Centenarians, as Derived from Personal Observation in Nine Genuine Examples|last=Duncan Gibb|first=George|location=London|year=1872|page=13|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=NGFijiOwclkC&pg=PA13|passage=The CHAIRMAN said if Lord Bacon had asserted that man's '''age''' exceeded that of all other living creatures, he must have included the patriarchs in his calculation. Without doubt the '''age''' of many animals exceeded that of man. [...] Indeed, if the assumed '''age''' of the patriarchs be correct, it is against our own experience, it being an admitted fact that the duration of human life has increased. The '''age''' of the patriarchs was by some attributed to the effect of certain waters upon the cartilages.}} 
# {{lb|en|countable|poker}} The [[entitlement]] of the [[player]] to the [[left#Noun|left]] of the [[dealer]] to [[pass#Verb|pass]] the first [[round#Noun|round]] in [[betting#Noun|betting]], and then to come in last or stay out; ''also'', the player holding this position; the [[eldest]] [[hand#Noun|hand]].

====Usage notes====
The age of a person or an animal is often given just as a number, implied to be a number of years. For example "What is the age of your son?" — "Ten." (meaning ten years). With other subjects, units are specified even when years. For example "What is the age of this fossil?" — "Three million years." (not "Three million.")

====Derived terms====
{{col4|en|title=Terms derived from ''age'' (noun)|act one's age|age before beauty|aged<!--as in "old" and "being a certain age"-->|ageism|age discrimination|age distribution|ageful|age group|ageist|ageless|age limit|agelong|Age of Aquarius|age of consent|Age of Enlightenment|age of majority|Age of Reason|Age of Sail|Age of Steam|age-old|age rating|age-reversal|ages<!--a long time-->|age spot|[[ageing]], [[aging]]<!--adjective, noun-->|all ages|[[atomic age]], [[Atomic Age]]|bone age|Bronze Age|Church Age|[[come of age]], [[coming of age]]|coon's age|[[dark age]], [[Dark Ages]]|[[day and age]], [[in this day and age]]|drinking age|emotional age|day's age|for the ages|full age|golden age|heroic age|ice age|Industrial Age|Iron Age|jazz age|legal age|mental age|Middle Ages|New Age|new-age|nuclear age|of age|old-age|prehistoric age|school age|silver age|[[space age]], [[space-age]]|steam age|Stone Age|[[teenage]], [[teenager]]|[[under age]], [[underage]]|voting age|youth-on-age|achievement age|age compression|age grade|age of criminal responsibility|age of discretion|age of extinction|age of judgement|age of judgment|age of reason|age play|age regression|age regressor|age set|age standardized rate|age-mate|an egg's age|awkward age|bottom age|bottom-age|bronze age|chronological age|coming-of-age|crow's age|day-age|digital age|dog's age|health and fitness age|iron age|jet age|look one's age|mature-age student|middle age|modern age|new age|new age traveller|of a certain age|one age with|overage|ripe old age
|school-age|show one's age|stone age|stone-age|teen-age|third age|top age|top-age
|weight for age|all ages|be ages with|dark ages|for the ages|middle ages|unto the ages of ages|with ages|age is just a number|age class|age identity||age-long|info age|median age|radiometric age|age adjustment|age standardization|age-adjustment|age-standardization|brazen age|afterage|agegraphic|age difference|age gap|darke age|middle-age|ageistic|ageplay|agewise|agism|antiager|cyberage|midage|multiage|nonage|hog age|reading age|Stelliferous Age}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|amount of time since the birth of a being or the beginning of a thing}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|moshë|f}}
* Amharic: {{t|am|እድሜ|m}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|عُمْر|m}}, {{t+|ar|عُمُر|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|عمر|m|tr=ʕumr}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|տարիք}}, {{t+|hy|հասակ}}
*: Old Armenian: {{t|xcl|տի}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|edá|m}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|yaş}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|aro}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|узро́ст|m}}, {{t|be|ўзрост|m}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|বয়স}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|въ́зраст|f}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|အသက်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|edat|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|年歲|tr=niánsuì}}, {{t+|cmn|年紀|tr=niánjì}}, {{t+|cmn|年齡|tr=niánlíng}}
* Coptic: {{qualifier|Bohairic}} {{t|cop|ⲁϩⲓ|m}}, {{qualifier|Sahidic}} {{t|cop|ⲁϩⲉ|m}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|oos|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|věk|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|alder}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|leeftijd|m}}, {{t+|nl|ouderdom|m}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|hꜣw|m|h=h-A-w-Y1:Z2}}, {{t-egy|ꜥḥꜥw|m|h=aHa-a:w-hrw:Z1}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|aĝo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ikä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|âge|m}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|etât|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|idade}}
* German: {{t+|de|Alter|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ηλικία|f}}
* Hausa: {{t+|ha|shekara}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|גִּיל|m|tr=gil}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|उमर|f}}, {{t+|hi|उम्र|f}}, {{t+|hi|आयु|f}}, {{t+|hi|वयस्|m}}, {{t+|hi|सिन|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kor}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|aldur|m}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|usia}}, {{t+|id|umur}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|etate}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|aois|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|età|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|年齢|tr=ねんれい, nenrei}}, {{t+|ja|年|tr=とし, toshi}}
* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|жас}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|អាយុ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|연령(年齡)}}, {{t+|ko|년령(年齡)}} {{qualifier|North Korea}}, {{t+|ko|나이}}, {{t+|ko|연세(年歲)}} {{qualifier|honorific}}, {{t+|ko|나이}}, {{t+|ko|살}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|تەمەن}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|жаш}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ອາຍຸ}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|aetas|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|возраст|m}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|umur}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|alder|m}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|edat|f}}
* Odia: {{t+|or|ବୟସ}}
* Persian:
*: Iranian Persian: {{t|fa-ira|سِنّ}}, {{t|fa-ira|عُمْر}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wiek|m-in}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|idade|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|vârstă|f}}, {{t+|ro|etate|f}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|vegliadetgna|f}}, {{t|rm|eted|f}}, {{t|rm|età|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|во́зраст|m}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|edade|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|aois|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|доб|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|dob|m}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|etati}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|vek|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|starost|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|edad|f}}
* Sundanese: {{t|su|yuswa}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|umri}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|ålder|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|edad}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|син}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|яшь}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|వయసు}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|อายุ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yaş}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|ýaş}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|вік|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|عُمْر|f}}, {{t+|ur|آیُو|f}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|yosh}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|età|f}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|tuổi}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|oed|m}}, {{t|cy|oedran|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|state of being old; latter part of life}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ծերություն}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|ста́расць|f}}, {{t|be|ста́расьць|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|въ́зраст|m}}, {{t+|bg|ста́рост|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|老年|tr=lǎonián}}, {{t+|cmn|晚年|tr=wǎnnián}}, {{t+|cmn|高齡|tr=gāolíng}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|stáří|n}}
* Danish: {{t|da|alderdom}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|ouderdom|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vanhuus}}
* German: {{t+|de|Alter|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|γηρατειά|n-p}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|זִקְנָה|f|tr=zikná}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|foirfeacht|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|老齢|tr=ろうれい, rōrei}}, {{t+|ja|高齢|tr=こうれい, kōrei}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|노령(老齡)}}, {{t+|ko|로령(老齡)}} {{q|North Korea}}, {{t+|ko|고령(高齡)}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|പ്രായം}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|starość|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|idade}}, {{t+|pt|velhice|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ста́рость|f}}, {{t+|ru|во́зраст|m}}, {{t+|ru|год|alt=года́|m-p}} (literally: years)
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|aois|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|staroba|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|tercera edad}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|umri}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|ålderdom|c}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yaşlılık}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|ста́рість|f}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|tuổi}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|henaint|m}}
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{{trans-top|one of the stages of life}}
* Ahom: {{t|aho|𑜒𑜡 𑜏𑜀𑜫}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|moshë|f}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|سِنّ|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|سن|m|tr=sen}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|տարիք}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|yaş}}, {{t|az|sinn}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|ўзрост|m}}, {{t|be|век|m}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|আয়ু}}, {{t+|bn|বয়স}}, {{t+|bn|ওমর}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|въ́зраст|f}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|အသက်}}
* Chinese:
*: Dungan: {{t|dng|суйфу}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|年歲|tr=niánsuì}}, {{t+|cmn|歲數|tr=suìshù}}, {{t+|cmn|年紀|tr=niánjì}}, {{t+|cmn|年齡|tr=niánlíng}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|oos|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|věk|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|alder|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|leeftijd|m}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|iga}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ikä}}, {{t+|fi|jakso}}
* French: {{t+|fr|âge|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|idade|f}}, {{t+|gl|tempo|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ასაკი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Alter|n}}
*: Alemannic German: {{t|gsw|Altar}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ηλικία|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἡλικία|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|גִּיל|m|tr=gil}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|उमर|f}}, {{t+|hi|उम्र|f}}, {{t+|hi|आयु|f}}, {{t+|hi|वयस्|m}}, {{t+|hi|सिन|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kor}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|aldur|m}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|aois|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|età|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|年齢|tr=ねんれい, nenrei}}, {{t+|ja|年|tr=とし, toshi}}
* Kabuverdianu: {{t|kea|idadi}}
* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|жас}}, {{t|kk|шақ}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|អាយុ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|연령(年齡)}}, {{t+|ko|년령(年齡)}} {{qualifier|North Korea}}, {{t+|ko|나이}}, {{t+|ko|살}}, {{t+|ko|연세(年歲)}} {{qualifier|honorific}}, {{t+|ko|년세(年歲)}} {{qualifier|honorific, North Korea}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|تەمەن}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|жаш}}, {{t|ky|курак}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ອາຍຸ}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|vecums|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|amžius|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|во́зраст|m}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|പ്രായം}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|нас}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|alder|m}}
* Pali: {{t|pi|āyu|m}}
* Persian:
*: Iranian Persian: {{t|fa-ira|سِنّ}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wiek|m-in}}, {{t+|pl|etap|m-in}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|idade|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|perioadă}}, {{t+|ro|vârstă|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|во́зраст|m}}, {{t+|ru|век|m}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|आयु|m}}, {{t+|sa|वयस्}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|aois|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|старост|f}}, {{t|sh|век|m}}, {{t|sh|вијек|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|starost|f}}, {{t+|sh|vek|m}}, {{t+|sh|vijek|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|vek|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|starost|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|edad|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|ålder|c}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|син}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|வயசு}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|อายุ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|çağ}}, {{t+|tr|yaş}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|ýaş}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|вік|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|عُمْر|f}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|ياش}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|yosh}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|tuổi}}, {{t+|vi|thọ mệnh}} {{q|literary}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|oedran|m}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|עלטער}}
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{{trans-top|time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|oos|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ikä|alt=-ikä}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|aois|f}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|natus|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|во́зраст|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|aois|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|vek|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|umri}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|olgunluk}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|tuổi}}, {{t|vi|độ tuổi}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|oed|m}}, {{t|cy|oedran|m}}
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{{trans-top|time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|չափահասություն}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|пълноле́тие}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|成年|tr=chéngnián}}, {{t+|cmn|成人|tr=chéngrén}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|plnoletost|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|myndig}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|volwassenheid|f}}, {{t+|nl|meerderjarigheid|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|täysi-ikäisyys}}
* German: {{t+|de|Volljährigkeit|f}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|sjálfræðisaldri}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|aois|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|成人|tr=せいじん, seijin}} (to coming of age)
* Korean: {{t|ko|성년(成年)}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|natus|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|dorosłość|f}}, {{t+|pl|pełnoletniość|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|maioridade|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|majorat}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|совершенноле́тие|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|aois|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|plnoletosť|f}}, {{t|sk|dospelosť|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|mayoría}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|umri}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yetişkin}}, {{t+|tr|ergin}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|tuổi}}, {{t|vi|độ tuổi}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|llawn oed|m}}, {{t|cy|oedran|m}}, {{t+|cy|oed|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|particular period of time in history}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|عَصْر|m}}, {{t+|ar|زَمَان|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|դարաշրջան}}, {{t+|hy|դար}}, {{t+|hy|ժամանակաշրջան}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|edá|m}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|যুগ}}, {{t+|bn|জমানা}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|епо́ха|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|時代|tr=shídài}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|oos|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|doba|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|epoke}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|tijdperk|n}}, {{t+|nl|era|f}}, {{t+|nl|tijd|m}}, {{t|nl|epoch|m}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|rk|h=r:k-hrw}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|mondaĝo}}, {{t|eo|tempaĝo}}, {{t|eo|epoko}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|aika}}, {{t+|fi|kausi}}
* French: {{t+|fr|âge|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|idade|f}}, {{t+|gl|era|f}}, {{t+|gl|época|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ხანა}}, {{t|ka|ერა}}, {{t|ka|ეპოქა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Zeit|f}}, {{t+|de|Epoche|f}}, {{t+|de|Periode|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|εποχή|f}}
*: Ancient Greek: {{t|grc|αἰών|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|תְּקוּפָה|f|tr=tkufá}}, {{t+|he|עידן|m|tr=idán}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|युग|m}}, {{t+|hi|अस्र|m}}, {{t|hi|ज़माना|m}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|zaman}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|epocha}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|aois|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|età}}, {{t+|it|evo}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|時代|tr=じだい, jidai}}
* Kabuverdianu: {{t|kea|idadi}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|시대(時代)}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|دەور}}, {{t+|ckb|سەردەم}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|aetās|f}}
* Low German: {{t|nds|tied}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|доба|f}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|കാലം}}, {{t+|ml|യുഗം}}
* Maltese: {{t+|mt|żmien}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|age}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|tidsalder|m}}, {{t+|nb|epoke|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|tidsalder|m}}, {{t|nn|epoke||m}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|edat|f}}, {{t+|oc|atge|m}}
* Odia: {{t+|or|ଯୁଗ}}
* Persian:
*: Iranian Persian: {{t|fa-ira|عَصْر}}, {{t|fa-ira|دُوْرِه}}, {{t|fa-ira|زَمان}}, {{t|fa-ira|زَمانِه}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|epoka|f}}, {{t+|pl|era|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|idade|f}}, {{t+|pt|era|f}}, {{t+|pt|época|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|epocă|f}}, {{t+|ro|ev}}, {{t+|ro|eră}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|эпо́ха|f}}, {{t+|ru|э́ра|f}}, {{t+|ru|вре́мя|n}} (often used in its plural form {{t+|ru|времена}}), {{t+|ru|век|m}} {{qualifier|especially to indicate particular century}}, {{t+|ru|час|m}} {{qualifier|poetic}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|linn|f}}, {{t|gd|ùine|f}}, {{t|gd|aois|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|vek|m}}, {{t+|sk|doba|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|edad}}, {{t+|es|era|f}}, {{t+|es|época|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|umri}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|tid|c}}, {{t+|sv|ålder|c}}, {{t+|sv|era|c}}, {{t+|sv|tidevarv|n}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|kapanahunan}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|аср}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|యుగం}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|สมัย}}, {{t+|th|กาล}}, {{t+|th|ยุค}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|çağ}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|епо́ха|f}}, {{t+|uk|е́ра|f}}, {{t+|uk|час|m}}, {{t+|uk|вік|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|زَمانَہ|m}} {{t|ur|دَور|m}}, {{t|ur|عَصْر|m}}, {{t|ur|زَمان|m}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|asr}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|thời kì}}, {{t+|vi|thời kỳ}}, {{t+|vi|thời đại}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|yr}}, {{t+|cy|oes|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|great period in the history of the Earth}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|դարաշրջան}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|যুগ}}, {{t+|bn|জমানা}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|е́ра|f}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|oos|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|doba|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|tidsalder}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|tijdperk|n}}, {{t+|nl|era|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|mondaĝo}}, {{t|eo|tempaĝo}}, {{t|eo|epoko}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|geologinen kausi}}, {{t+|fi|kausi}}
* French: {{t+|fr|époque|f}}, {{t+|fr|ère|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|época|f}}, {{t+|gl|era|f}}, {{t+|gl|idade|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Ära|f}}, {{t+|de|Zeitalter|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|εποχή|f}}
*: Ancient Greek: {{t|grc|αἰών|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|עידן|m|tr=idán}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|abad}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|epocha}}, {{t|ia|era}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|epoca|f}}, {{t+|it|era|f}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|tempus|n}}, {{t+|la|aera|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|епоха|f}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|യുഗം}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|era|f}}, {{t|mt|epoka|f}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|age}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|era|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|época|f}}, {{t+|pt|era|f}}, {{t+|pt|idade|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|epocă|f}}, {{t+|ro|eră|f}}, {{t+|ro|ev}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|эпо́ха|f}}, {{t+|ru|э́ра|f}}, {{t+|ru|вре́мя|n}} (often used in its plural form {{t+|ru|времена}}), {{t+|ru|век|m}} {{qualifier|especially to indicate particular century}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|doba|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|época|f}}, {{t+|es|era|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|umri}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|era|c}}, {{t+|sv|ålder|c}}, {{t+|sv|tidsålder|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|kapanahunan}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|çağ}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|thời đại}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|oes|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|century}}

{{trans-top|people who live during a particular period}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|поколе́ние|n}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|aikalaiset|p}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|поколе́ние|n}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|umri}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top-also|generation|generation}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|սերունդ}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|প্রজন্ম}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|поколе́ние|n}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|世代|tr=shìdài}}
* Danish: {{t|da|generation|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|generatie|f}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|ikäpolvi}}, {{t+|fi|sukupolvi}}
* French: {{t+|fr|génération|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Generation|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|γενιά|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|דור|m|tr=dor}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|generation}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|generazione|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|世代|tr=sedai}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|세대(世代)}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|ġenerazzjoni}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|pokolenie|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|geração|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|generație|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|поколе́ние|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|generación|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|umri}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|generation|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|henerasyon}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|తరం}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|nesil}}, {{t+|tr|kuşak}}, {{t+|tr|jenerasyon}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|thế hệ}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|cenhedlaeth|f}}, {{t+|cy|to|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|a long time}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ikuisuus}}, {{t+|fi|iäisyys}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|נצח|m|tr=nétzakh}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|natus}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|era|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|veșnicie}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|večnosť|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|edad|f}}, {{t+|es|edades|f-p}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|umri}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|åratal|n}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|devir}}, {{t+|tr|çağ}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|oes|m}}, {{t+|cy|oesoedd|m-p}}, {{t+|cy|hydoedd|m-p}}, {{t|cy|achau|f-p}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|geochronologic unit}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|期|tr=qī}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vaihe}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|ålder|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|lifespan}}
* Ahom: {{t|aho|𑜒𑜡 𑜏𑜀𑜫}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|عُمْر|m}}, {{t+|ar|عُمُر|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|տարիք}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|etã|f}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|adin}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|узро́ст|m}}, {{t|be|ўзрост|m}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|বয়স}}, {{t+|bn|ওমর}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|उमिर}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|въ́зраст|f}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|အသက်}}, {{t+|my|အသက်အရွယ်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|edat|m}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|оьмар}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|一輩子|tr=yī bèizi}}, {{t+|cmn|一生|tr=yīshēng}}, {{t+|cmn|壽命|tr=shòumìng}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|oos|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|levetid}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|leeftijd|m}}, {{t+|nl|ouderdom|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|aĝo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|elinikä}}, {{t+|fi|ikä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|âge|m}}
*: Middle French: {{t|frm|eage|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|idade|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ასაკი}}, {{t|ka|ხნოვანება}}, {{t|ka|წლოვანება}}
* German: {{t+|de|Lebenszeit|f}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἡλικία|f}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|ઉમર}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|גִּיל|m|tr=gil}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|आयु}}, {{t+|hi|उमर|f}}, {{t+|hi|उम्र|f}}, {{t+|hi|वयस्|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|életkor}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|aldur|m}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|aois|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|età|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|寿命|tr=じゅみょう, jumyō}}, {{t+|ja|一生|tr=いっしょう, isshō}}
* Javanese: {{t+|jv|umur}}
* Jingpho: {{t|kac|ăsak}}
* Kabuverdianu: {{t|kea|idadi}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|អាយុ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|일생(一生)}}, {{t+|ko|수명(壽命)}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ອາຍຸ}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|natus|m}}, {{t+|la|aetas|f}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|umur}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|പ്രായം}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|taipakeke}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|age}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|нас}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|atge|m}}, {{t+|oc|edat|f}}
* Odia: {{t|or|ଆୟୁ}}, {{t+|or|ବୟସ}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|cu|връста|f}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|ieldu|f}}
* Old Norse: {{t|non|aldr|m}}
* Oromo: {{t|om|umurii}}
* Papiamentu: {{t|pap|edat}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|życie|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|idade|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|viață|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|во́зраст|m}}, {{t|ru|продолжи́тельность жи́зни|f}}, {{t+|ru|век|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|aois|f}}
* Shan: {{t|shn|ဢသၢၵ်ႈ}}
* Somali: {{t|so|cimri}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|años}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|umri}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|livslängd|c}}, {{t+|sv|livstid|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|anyos}}, {{t+|tl|edad}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|อายุ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|ömür}}, {{t+|tr|yaşam}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|ýaş}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|вік|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|عُمْر|f}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|ياش}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|yosh}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|tuổi thọ}}
* Votic: {{t|vot|itšä}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|ådje|f}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|oed|m}}, {{t|cy|oedran}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Breton: {{qualifier|1}} {{t+check|br|oad|m}}, {{t-check|br|oadvezh|m}}, {{qualifier|2}} {{t-check|br|hoalad|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t-check|eo|poko}}
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|umur}}, {{qualifier|1}} {{t+check|id|usia}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb|ages|ageing|pres_ptc2=aging|pres_ptc2_qual=US|aged}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
#: {{ux|en|He grew fat as he '''aged'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1824|author=Walter Savage Landor|title=Imaginary Conversations|passage=I am '''aging'''; that is, I have a whitish, or rather a light-coloured, hair here and there. Sober thinking brings them}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2013|month=July-August|author=[http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/stephen-p-lownie Stephen P. Lownie]; [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/david-m-pelz David M. Pelz]
|title=[http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2013/4/stents-to-prevent-stroke Stents to Prevent Stroke]|magazine=w:American Scientist
|passage=As we '''age''', the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.}}
## {{lb|en|intransitive|of a statement, prediction, etc.}} To suffer the passage of time so as to later be [[view]]ed or [[turn out]] in a certain way.
##: {{ux|en|His prediction that we didn't stand a chance hasn't '''aged''' well, now that we've won the cup.}}
##: {{ux|en|The sitcom was made in the 1970s and its casual sexism has not '''aged''' well.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
#: {{ux|en|Grief '''ages''' us.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|passage=To look at the hair by itself you'd say it was actually quite pretty, but on her head the gray sure '''ages''' her.|title=Aluhana|work=The Antioch Review|year=1998|month=Fall|author=Mare Freed|issue=4|volume=56}}
## To allow to mature.
##: {{ux|en|We '''age''' the whiskey for five years.}}
## To treat or tamper with in order to give a false appearance of age.
##: {{ux|en|This clock is modern, but it has been deliberately '''aged''' in an attempt to make it seem antique.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To determine the age of (the length of time that something has been alive or in existence).
#: {{ux|en|There are several ways to '''age''' trees.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[indicate]] or [[reveal]] that (a person) has been alive for a certain period of time, especially a long one.
#: {{ux|en|I clearly remember hearing the news of Kennedy's assassination. That '''ages''' me.}}
#* {{quote-av|en|title=This Week with David Brinkley|text=Mr. [David] Brinkley started out with network news. We got our news- I think it was the Huntley-Brinkley Report. I'm probably '''aging''' myself now, okay?|date=1992-06-14|role=[James?] Carville|medium=television production|network=ABC}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|figuratively}} To allow (something) to persist by postponing an action that would extinguish it, as a debt.
#: {{ux|en|Money's a little tight right now. Let's '''age''' our bills for a week or so.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|accounting}} To categorize by age.
#: {{ux|en|One his first assignments was to '''age''' the accounts receivable.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|cause to grow old}} {{l|en|mature}}; see also [[Thesaurus:make older]]
* {{sense|grow aged}} {{l|en|elden}}; see also [[Thesaurus:to age]]

====Derived terms====
{{col2|en|age like vinegar
|age like a fine wine|age like milk|age out|age up|age like fine wine|age like wine|ageable|ageworthy|deage|preage}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|transitive: cause to grow old}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ծերացնել}}, {{t+|hy|հնացնել}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|qocaltmaq}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|koshaat}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|състарявам}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|kothhe}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|oud doen worden}}, {{t|nl|doen verouderen}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|vanhentaa}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|envellecer}}, {{t+|gl|avellentar}}, {{t|gl|envellentar}}, {{t+|gl|avellar}}
* German: {{no equivalent translation|de}} {{t|de|[[altern]] [[lassen]]}}, {{t|de|[[alt]] [[machen]]}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|vanhentaa}}, {{t|izh|vanhenoittaa}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|invecchiare}}
* Malayalam: {{t|ml|പ്രായം കൂട്ടുക}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|aldre}}, {{t+|nb|elde}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|postarzać}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|envelhecer}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|îmbătrâni}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ста́рить|impf}}, {{t+|ru|соста́рить|pf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|envejecer}}
* Swedish: få någon att {{t+|sv|åldras}}, {{t+|sv|föråldras}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yaşlandırmak}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|heneiddio}}, {{t|cy|gwneud yn hen}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|intransitive: become old}}
* Adyghe: {{t|ady|жъы}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ծերանալ}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|mbitãrnescu}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|qocalmaq}}, {{t|az|qarımaq}}, {{t|az|qocalıb-qarımaq}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|adindu}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|старэ́ць|impf}}, {{t|be|пастарэ́ць|pf}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|kozhañ}}, {{t+|br|koshaat}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|остарявам}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|envellir}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|老化|tr=lǎohuà}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|kothhe}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|stárnout}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|oud worden}}, {{t+|nl|verouderen}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|jꜣwj|h=i-A-w-A19}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|maljuniĝi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vanhentua}}, {{t+|fi|vanheta}}
* French: {{t+|fr|vieillir}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|envellecer}}, {{t+|gl|avellar}}, {{t|gl|[[avellar]]se}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* German: {{t+|de|altern}}, {{t+|de|vergreisen}}, {{t+|de|reifen}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|γηράσκω}}
* Icelandic: {{t-check|is|verða gamall}}, {{t-check|is|eldast}}, {{qualifier|dated}} {{t-check|is|kemba hærurnar}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|oldeskar}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|vanhoittua}}, {{t|izh|vanhentua}}, {{t|izh|vanheta}}, {{t|izh|elähtää}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|invecchiare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|年を取る|sc=Jpan|tr=としをとる, toshi wo toru}}, {{t+|ja|老いる|sc=Jpan|tr=おいる, oiru}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ទទួលបានចាស់|tr=tɔtuəl baan cah|sc=Khmr}}, {{t|km|ទៅជាចាស់|tr=tɨv cie cah|sc=Khmr}}, {{t|km|ឡើងចាស់|tr=laəŋ cah|sc=Khmr}}
* Korean: {{t-check|ko|[[나이]][[-를]] [[먹다]]}}
* Latin: {{t|la|senescō}}
* Malayalam: {{t|ml|പ്രായമാവുക}}
* Mongolian: {{t-needed|mn}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|eldes}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|eldast}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|اسكیلنمك|tr=eskilenmek}}, {{t|ota|قوجه‌لامق|tr=kocalamak}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|starzeć się}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|envelhecer}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|îmbătrâni}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|старе́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|постаре́ть|pf}}, {{t+|ru|ста́риться|impf}}, {{t+|ru|соста́риться|pf}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|starnúť}}, {{t|sk|zostarnúť}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|envejecerse}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|zeeka}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|åldras}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|kwär-}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yaşlanmak}}
* Udmurt: {{t|udm|пересь}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|ста́рі́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|поста́рі́ти|pf}}
* Vietnamese: ''no exact matching verb''
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|heneiddio}}, {{t|cy|mynd yn hen}}, {{t|cy|mynd yn hŷn}}
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* Hebrew: {{t-check|he|להזדקן|tr=le'hizdaqen|sc=Hebr}}
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===See also===
* {{R:wquote|en}}
* [[Appendix:Age by decade]]

===Further reading===
* {{R:OneLook}}
* {{R:Webster 1913}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aeg|G. E. A.|EGA|Ega|GAE}}

{{cln|en|three-letter words}}
{{C|en|Time}}

==Danish==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|da|non|aka||to drive}}, from {{inh|da|gem-pro|*akaną|id=drive}}, cognate with {{cog|sv|åka}}. The verb goes back to {{inh|da|ine-pro|*h₂éǵeti}}, which is also the source of {{cog|la|agō}} (whence also {{cog|da|agere}}), {{cog|grc|ἄγω}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|da|/aːɣə/|[ˈæːjə]|[ˈæːæ]}}
* {{homophones|da|ae}}

===Verb===
{{head|da|verb|past tense|agede|past participle|aget}}

# {{lb|da|intransitive|dated}} to [[drive]] {{q|in a vehicle}}
# {{lb|da|transitive|obsolete}} to [[drive]] {{q|a vehicle}}, [[transport]]

====Conjugation====
{{da-conj|ag||er|ede|vh|et}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:DDO}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{dercat|fr|gem-pro}}
Ca. 1800, from a dialectal (southern [[langue d'oïl|Oïl]] or {{der|fr|frp|-}}) form of {{m|fr|haie}}, from {{der|fr|frk|*haggju}}. Cognate with {{cog|en|hedge}}, which see for more. {{doublet|fr|haie|quai}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-age.wav}}
* {{rhymes|fr|aʒ|s=1}}
* {{homophones|fr|ages|qq1=general|âge|âges|qq3=some speakers}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# [[beam]] {{gloss|central bar of a plough}}
# [[shaft]]

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==Galician==

===Verb===
{{head|gl|verb form}}

# {{gl-reinteg-verb form of|agir}}

==Irish==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|ga|aige}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ga|/ˈɛɡə/|a=Munster}}

===Preposition===
{{head|ga|preposition}}

# {{alternative form of|ga|ag|from=Munster}} {{q|used before a possessive determiner}}
#* {{RQ:ga:Inghean an Cheannaidhe|193|text=Ní raibh aoinne cloinne '''age''' n-a muinntir ach í agus do mhéaduigh sin uirrim agus grádh na ndaoine don inghean óg so.
|t=Her parents had no children but her, and that increased the esteem and love of the people for this young girl.}}

==Japanese==

===Romanization===
{{ja-romaji}}

# {{ja-romanization of|あげ}}

==Kott==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|zko|qfa-yen-pro|*ʔaqV||to make sour, to rot}}. Compare {{cog|xss|bar-ak||rotten}} and {{cog|xrn|bar-oje||rotten}}.

===Adjective===
{{head|zko|adjective}}

# [[rotten]]

====Related terms====
* {{l|zko|b-āge-jaŋ}}
* {{l|zko|d́āgejaŋ}}

==Latin==

===Etymology===
Imperative form of {{m|la|agō}}

===Interjection===
{{head|la|interjection}}

# [[well]] [[now]], [[well]] [[then]], [[come]] [[now]] {{gloss|transition}}
# [[very well]], [[good]], [[right]] {{gloss|sign of affirmation}}

===Verb===
{{head|la|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|la|agō||2|s|pres|actv|impr}}

==Mapudungun==

===Noun===
{{head|arn|noun}} {{arn-sp|r}}

# {{lb|arn|anatomy}} [[face]]

===References===
* {{R:Wixaleyiñ 2008}}

==Middle English==

===Etymology 1===
{{bor+|enm|fro|eage|aage}}, from {{der|enm|VL.|*aetāticum}}, derived from {{der|enm|la|aetās|aetātem}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|enm|aage|ayge||both rare}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|enm|/ˈaːd͡ʒ(ə)/}}

====Noun====
{{enm-noun|ages}}

# The {{l|en|age}} of someone {{gloss|or rarely something}}; how [[old]] [[someone]] is.
# The [[correct]] or [[traditional]] age for something {{gloss|especially the age of [[maturity]]}}
# [[old|Old]] {{l|en|age}} or [[senescence]]; the state of being [[old]] or [[elderly]].
# The [[life]] of [[something]] or [[someone]]; an extent of existence.
# A [[period]] or [[portion]] of time; an {{l|en|age}}, [[epoch]], or [[era]].
# [[time|Time]] {{gloss|as an abstract concept}}; the passing of time.
# {{lb|enm|rare|in ''every age''}} A [[person]] or [[individual]] who is a [[particular]] age.

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|enm|agen}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|en|age}}
* {{desc|sco|age}}

=====References=====
* {{R:MED Online|entry=āǧe|pos=n|id=MED822|accessdate=2019-01-19}}

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alternative form of|enm|awe}}

{{c|enm|Age|People|Time}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nn|/²ɑː.jə/|/²ɑː.ɡə/}} {{nn-pronu-note|s}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|nn|non|agi}}, from {{inh|nn|gem-pro|*agaz}}. Cognates include {{cog|en|awe}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|nn|aga|agje|ågå}}

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-m1}}

# [[awe]]
# [[deference]]
# [[esteem]], [[reverence]]

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|nn|non|aga}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|nn|aga}}

====Verb====
{{nn-verb-1}}

# to [[chastise]], [[subdue]]
# to [[impress]]
# to [[agitate]]
# to [[scare]]

===References===
* {{R:ND}}
* {{R:Aasen1850|aga}}
* {{R:Aasen1850|Agje}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|nn|a=aeg|ega}}

==Old English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{ang-IPA|āge}}

===Verb===
{{head|ang|verb form|head=āge}}

# {{infl of|ang|āgan||s|pres|subj|;|s|impr}}

==Old Frisian==
[[Image:Eye iris.jpg|thumb|upright|Ēn āge.]]

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|ofs|āg}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ofs|gmw-pro|*augā}}, from {{inh|ofs|gem-pro|*augô}}, from {{der|ofs|ine-pro|*h₃ekʷ-||eye, to see}}. Cognates include {{cog|ang|ēage}}, {{cog|osx|ōga}} and {{cog|odt|ōga}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ofs|/ˈaːɣe/}}

===Noun===
{{ofs-noun|n|head=āge}}

# {{lb|ofs|anatomy}} [[eye]]

====Inflection====
{{ofs-decl-noun-n-n|āg}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|frr|-}}
*: Most dialects: {{l|frr|uug}}
*: Goesharde: {{l|frr|uug}}, {{l|frr|uuch}}
*: Halligen: {{l|frr|uuch}}
*: Heligoland: {{l|frr|Oog}}
*: Sylt: {{l|frr|Oog}}
* {{desc|stq|Oge}}
* {{desc|fy|each}}

====References====
* {{R:ofs:Bremmer:2009}}

==Portuguese==

===Verb===
{{head|pt|verb form}}

# {{pt-verb form of|agir}}

==Scots==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sco|enm|age}}, from {{der|sco|fro|aage}}, {{m|fro|eage}}, from {{der|sco|VL.|*aetāticum}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sco|/ed͡ʒ/}}

===Noun===
{{sco-noun|ages}}

# {{l|en|age}}

===Verb===
{{sco-verb|ages|agin|aged|aged}}

# to {{l|en|age}}

===References===
* {{R:DSL|pos=n}}
* Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20181208134857/http://scots-online.org/dictionary/index.asp The Online Scots Dictionary]'', Scots Online.

{{topics|sco|Time}}

==Spanish==

===Verb===
{{head|es|verb form}}

# {{es-verb form of|agir}}

==Ternate==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|tft|[ˈa.ɡe]}}

===Noun===
{{head|tft|noun}}

# the [[trunk]] of a [[tree]], [[tree trunk]]
# [[levee]], [[embankment]]

===References===
* {{R:tft:Hayami-Allen:2001}}

==Yoruba==
[[Image:Kettle❋❋❋.jpg|thumb|right|'''Àgé''']]

===Pronunciation===
*{{yo-IPA|àgé}}

===Noun===
{{yo-noun|àgé}}

# [[kettle]]
#: {{syn|yo|kẹ́tùrù}}