alder

alder
alder (n.) tree related to the birch, O.E. alor "alder" (with intrusive -d- added 14c.; the historical form aller survived until 18c. in literary English and persists in dialects, e.g. Lancashire owler, which is partly from Norse), from P.Gmc. *aliso (Cf. O.N. ölr, Dan. elle, Swed. al, Du. els, Ger. erle), from *el-, the ancient PIE name of the tree (Cf. Rus. olicha, Pol. olcha, L. alnus, Lith. alksnis).

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  • Alder — Alder, MT U.S. Census Designated Place in Montana Population (2000): 116 Housing Units (2000): 69 Land area (2000): 2.013323 sq. miles (5.214482 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.013323 sq. miles …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Alder, MT — U.S. Census Designated Place in Montana Population (2000): 116 Housing Units (2000): 69 Land area (2000): 2.013323 sq. miles (5.214482 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.013323 sq. miles (5.214482 …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • alder- — variant of aller gen. pl. of all, used in comb. as alder best, alder liefest: see all D 3 …   Useful english dictionary

  • Alder — (izg. àlder), Kurt (1902 1958) DEFINICIJA njemački kemičar, za razvoj Diels Alderove reakcije (široko upotrebljavane metode sintetiziranja cikličkih organskih tvari); Nobelova nagrada za kemiju 1950 (s O. Dielsom) …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • alder — [ôl′dər] n. [ME alder, aller < OE alor, aler < IE base * el : see ELM] any of a small group of rapidly growing trees and shrubs (genus Alnus) of the birch family, having toothed leaves and catkins, and growing in cool, moist soil in… …   English World dictionary

  • Alder — Al der ([add]l d[ e]r), Aller Al ler ([add]l l[ e]r), a. [From ealra, alra, gen. pl. of AS. eal. The d is excrescent.] Of all; used in composition; as, alderbest, best of all, alderwisest, wisest of all. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • alder — ► NOUN ▪ a tree of the birch family, which bears catkins and has toothed leaves. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

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