Alder

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: ˈɔːldÉ™
• US IPA: ˈɔldÉš

Origin

Middle English alder, aller, from Old English alor, from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare Swedish al, East Frisian ällerboom), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos (compare Hittite (alanza(n)), Latin alnus, Latvian àlksnis, Polish olcha, Albanian halë 'black pine', Ancient Macedonian (Hesychius) άλιχα (álicha, "white poplar")

Full definition of alder

Noun

1. Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family.

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