English
Noun
senior citizen (plural senior citizens)
- An old person, variously considered to be a person over fifty, fifty-five, sixty, or sixty-five years of age.
- Synonyms: (US) senior, (euphemism) older adult, pensioner; see also Thesaurus:old person
- Coordinate terms: pensioner, retiree
Translations
old person
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 老年人 (lǎoniánrén), 老人 (zh) (lǎorén) (elderly)
- Finnish: vanhus (fi), eläkeikäinen (fi)
- French: personne âgée (fr) f, sénior (fr) m or f, vieillard (fr) m, vieillarde (fr) f
- German: Senior (de) m, Seniorin (de) f
- Icelandic: eldri borgari
- Italian: anziano (it) m, anziana (it) f
- Japanese: 高齢者 (ja) (こうれいしゃ, kōreisha), 年寄り (ja) (としより, toshiyori), お年寄り (ja) (おとしより, o-toshiyori) (honorific), 老人 (ja) (ろうじん, rōjin) (elderly)
- Kannada: ಹಿರಿಯ ನಾಗರಿಕ m (hiriya nāgarika)
- Korean: 고령자(高齡者) (ko) (goryeongja), 어르신 (ko) (eoreusin), 노인(老人) (ko) (noin) (elderly), 로인(老人) (ko) (roin) (elderly, North Korea)
- Malayalam: വയോധികന് m (vayōdhikaṉ)
- Maori: mātāpuputu, pāhake, kaumātua
- Marathi: ज्येष्ठ नागरिक m (jyeṣṭha nāgrik)
- Polish: senior (pl) m, seniorka (pl) f
- Portuguese: idoso (pt) m, idosa (pt) f
- Russian: пожило́й (ru) m (požilój), пожила́я f (požilája), престаре́лый (ru) m (prestarélyj), престаре́лая (ru) f (prestarélaja) (of more advanced age)
- Spanish: adulto mayor m
- Swahili: raia mwandamizi, mtu mzee
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