Phrase guide

age group

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A demographic grouping based on age.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a group of people having approximately the same age

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: age bracket, cohort

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: people

Narrower terms: aged, elderly, young, youth

History

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Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 年齡組 /年龄组 (niánlíngzǔ) — demographic grouping based on age
  • Dutch: leeftijdsgroep — demographic grouping based on age
  • Dutch: leeftijdscategorie — demographic grouping based on age
  • Finnish: ikäluokka — demographic grouping based on age
  • French: tranche d'âge — demographic grouping based on age
  • French: groupe d'âge — demographic grouping based on age
  • French: cohorte — demographic grouping based on age
  • Georgian: ასაკობრივი ჯგუფი (asaḳobrivi ǯgupi) — demographic grouping based on age
  • German: Altersgruppe — demographic grouping based on age
  • Hebrew: קבוצת גילאים (kvutsat gila'im) — demographic grouping based on age
  • Hungarian: korosztály — demographic grouping based on age
  • Japanese: 年齢層 (nenreisō) — demographic grouping based on age
  • Japanese: 年齢群 (nenreigun) — demographic grouping based on age
  • Korean: 연령대 (yeollyeongdae) — demographic grouping based on age
  • Korean: 연령층 (yeollyeongcheung) — demographic grouping based on age
  • Māori: reanga — demographic grouping based on age
  • Norwegian Bokmål: aldersgruppe — demographic grouping based on age
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: aldersgruppe — demographic grouping based on age
  • Polish: grupa wiekowa — demographic grouping based on age
  • Portuguese: faixa etária — demographic grouping based on age
  • Russian: возрастна́я гру́ппа (vozrastnája grúppa) — demographic grouping based on age
  • Russian: поколе́ние (pokolénije) — demographic grouping based on age
  • Spanish: grupo etario — demographic grouping based on age
  • Swahili: rika — demographic grouping based on age
  • Swedish: åldersgrupp — demographic grouping based on age
  • Ukrainian: вікова́ гру́па (viková hrúpa) — demographic grouping based on age