senior

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsiːnjə(ɹ)/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈsinjɚ/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈsiːnjə(ɹ)/
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• CMU ARPABET: S IY1 N Y ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English senior, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative form of senex (“old”); see senate. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, señor, senyor, signore, sir, and sire.

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ավագ (avag) — older
• Belarusian: ста́ршы (stáršy) — older
• Belarusian: старэ́йшы (staréjšy) — older
• Bulgarian: ста́рши (stárši) — older
• Czech: starší — older
• Estonian: vanem — older
• French: aîné — older
• Georgian: უფროსი (uprosi) — older
• German: älter — older
• Greek: μεγαλύτερος (megalýteros) — older
• Hindi: वरिष्ठ (variṣṭh) — older
• Italian: anziano — older
• Italian: anziana — older
• Japanese: 年上の (toshiue no) — older
• Kannada: ಹಿರಿಯ (hiriya) — older
• Korean: 더 늙은 (deo neulgeun) — older
• Korean: 늙은 (neulgeun) — older
• Latin: senior — older
• Māori: pāhake — older
• Iranian Persian: مِهْتَر (mehtar) — older
• Polish: starszy — older
• Portuguese: sénior — older
• Russian: ста́рший (stáršij) — older
• Slovak: starší — older
• Spanish: anciano — older
• Spanish: sénior — older
• Spanish: senior — older
• Swedish: senior — older
• Turkish: yaşça büyük — older
• Ukrainian: ста́рший (stáršyj) — older
• Ukrainian: старі́ший (staríšyj) — older
• Bulgarian: ста́рши (stárši) — higher in rank
• Greek: ανώτερος (anóteros) — higher in rank
• Greek: προϊστάμενος (proïstámenos) — higher in rank
• Hindi: वरिष्ठ (variṣṭh) — higher in rank
• Marathi: वरिष्ठ (variṣṭha) — higher in rank
• Portuguese: sénior — higher in rank
• Russian: ста́рший (stáršij) — higher in rank
• Spanish: alto cargo — higher in rank
• Spanish: experimentado — higher in rank
• Spanish: sénior — higher in rank
• Spanish: senior — higher in rank
• Turkish: kıdemli — higher in rank
• Armenian: ավագ (avag) — someone older than someone else
• Chinese Mandarin: 前輩 /前辈 (qiánbèi) — someone older than someone else
• Chinese Mandarin: 先輩 /先辈 (xiānbèi) — someone older than someone else
• Dutch: senior — someone older than someone else
• Dutch: ouderejaars — someone older than someone else
• Finnish: vanhempi — someone older than someone else
• French: supérieur — someone older than someone else
• Georgian: უფროსი (uprosi) — someone older than someone else
• Hindi: वरिष्ठ (variṣṭh) — someone older than someone else
• Japanese: 先輩 (senpai) — someone older than someone else
• Japanese: 年上 (toshiue) — someone older than someone else
• Korean: 선배 (seonbae) — someone older than someone else
• Polish: starszy — someone older than someone else
• Portuguese: sénior — someone older than someone else
• Portuguese: sênior — someone older than someone else
• Russian: ста́рший (stáršij) — someone older than someone else
• Russian: старшекла́ссник (staršeklássnik) — someone older than someone else
• Russian: старшеку́рсник (staršekúrsnik) — someone older than someone else
• Spanish: señor — someone older than someone else
• Spanish: sénior — someone older than someone else
• Spanish: senior — someone older than someone else
• Tagalog: kuya — someone older than someone else
• Tagalog: ate — someone older than someone else
• Tagalog: higtaunan — someone older than someone else
• Thai: รุ่นพี่ (rûn-pîi) — someone older than someone else
• Vietnamese: tiền bối — someone older than someone else
• Vietnamese: đàn anh — someone older than someone else
• French: ancien — someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age
• Spanish: anciano — someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age