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Meaning of Alder | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɔːldə

Definitions

  1. Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family.
  2. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived by alder trees.
  3. An alderman or alderwoman.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca qızılağac
Беларуская вольха
Български елша
Bosanski jelša joha jova јова јоха
Català vern
Čeština olše olšový
Cymraeg gwernen
Dansk el
Deutsch Eller Erle erlen Erlenbaum
Esperanto alno
Español aliso
Eesti lepp
Euskara haltz
فارسی توسکا
Suomi leppä
Français aulne verne
Gaeilge fearnóg
Magyar egér
Հայերեն լաստենի
Íslenska elri ölur
Italiano ontano
日本語 榿
Қазақша қандыағаш
Kurdî al al anîn anîn arîn arîn arîn eger eger êl
Latina alnus
Latviešu alksnis
Македонски евла
Nederlands els
Português amieiro
Română anin arin
Русский ольха
Slovenčina jelša
Slovenščina jelša
Shqip verr
Српски jelša joha jova јова јоха
Svenska al ale
Türkçe kızılağaç
Українська вільха вільховий

Examples

“I’ve known ere now an interfering branch / Of alder catch my lifted axe behind me. / But that was in the woods, to hold my hand / From striking at another alder’s roots, / And that was, as I say, an alder branch.”
“Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.”
“That's what the tiercel was doing when I found him again in the alder.”
“Almost immediately, city alders contacted the campaign to negotiate an ordinance.”
“Chicago's mayor Edward Kennelly, the city alders, and many white Chicagoans opposed this siting plan.”
“After three years as Ward 1 alder, Sarah Eidelson ’12 will leave city government at the end of the year.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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