Noun
aging (countable and uncountable, plural agings)
(US, Canada)
- The process of becoming older or more mature.
- The deliberate process of making something (such as an antique) appear (or, in science fiction, become) older than it is.
- (gerontology) The accumulation of damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time; the progressing loss of health, mobility, vibrancy and body functionality, resulting in biological death.
- Synonym: senescence
- Wear; wear and tear.
Translations
the process of becoming older or more mature
- Albanian: plakje (sq) f
- Arabic: شَيْخُوخَة f (šayḵūḵa), هَرَم (ar) m (haram)
- Azerbaijani: qocalma (of people), köhnəlmə (of things)
- Belarusian: старэ́нне n (starénnje)
- Bulgarian: старе́ене n (staréene)
- Catalan: envelliment (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 老化 (zh) (lǎohuà)
- Czech: stárnutí (cs) n
- Danish: aldring c
- Dutch: veroudering (nl) f
- Estonian: vananemine
- Finnish: vanheneminen (fi), ikääntyminen (fi)
- French: vieillissement (fr) m
- Galician: envellecemento (gl) m
- Georgian: დაბერება (dabereba), მომწიფება (momc̣ipeba), ასაკის მატება (asaḳis maṭeba)
- German: Altern (de) n, Alterung f
- Hebrew: הִזְדַּקְּנוּת f (hizdak'nút)
- Hindi: आयुवृद्धि f (āyuvŕddhi)
- Hungarian: öregedés (hu), idősödés
- Indonesian: penuaan (id)
- Italian: invecchiamento (it) m
- Japanese: 老化 (ja) (ろうか, rōka)
- Kazakh: қартаю (qartaü)
- Korean: 노화(老化) (ko) (nohwa), 로화(老化) (ko) (rohwa) (North Korea)
- Kyrgyz: картаюу (ky) (kartayuu)
- Latvian: novecošana f
- Lithuanian: senavimas m
- Macedonian: стареење n (stareenje)
- Malay: penuaan (ms)
- Ngazidja Comorian: uɗuhazi class 11
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: aldring (no) m or f
- Persian: پیری (fa) (piri), پیرش (pireš), سالخوردگی (fa) (sâlxordegi)
- Polish: starzenie się (pl) n
- Portuguese: envelhecimento (pt) m
- Romanian: îmbătrânire (ro) f
- Russian: старе́ние (ru) n (starénije)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ста̏ре̄ње n
- Roman: stȁrēnje (sh) n
- Slovak: starnutie n
- Slovene: staranje n
- Spanish: envejecimiento (es) m
- Swedish: åldrande (sv) n
- Tajik: пиршавӣ (piršavi), кӯхнашавӣ (küxnašavi), солхурдаги (solxurdag-i)
- Thai: การสูงวัย (th)
- Turkish: yaşlanma (tr)
- Ukrainian: старі́ння n (starínnja), ста́ріння n (stárinnja)
- Uzbek: qarish (uz)
- Vietnamese: sự lão hoá
- Volapük: bäldikam
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the deliberate process of making something (such as an antique) appear older than it is
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.