third age

English

Alternative forms

• Third Age

Noun

third age (uncountable)

1. (UK) The age after retirement but while one is still young enough to be active; young old age.

Usage notes

Used with the definite article the.

Translations

Translations

Finnish: eläkeikä (fi) French: troisième âge (fr) m Portuguese: terceira idade (pt) f Romanian: vârsta a treia (ro) f

Further reading

• “the third age” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “the third age”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “the third age”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
• “third age”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• arighted, graithed