anciano

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *anteanus, from Latin ante; an early borrowing from Old French ancien or Old Occitan[1]. Compare French ancien, Italian anziano, and Portuguese ancião.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /anˈθjano/ [ãn̟ˈθja.no]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /anˈsjano/ [ãnˈsja.no]
Audio (Colombia) (file)
Rhymes: -ano
Syllabification: an‧cia‧no

Adjective

anciano (feminine anciana, masculine plural ancianos, feminine plural ancianas)

(of a person) elderly
Synonyms: mayor, viejo

Antonym: joven
(rare) ancient
Synonym: antiguo

Derived terms

Noun

anciano m (plural ancianos, feminine anciana, feminine plural ancianas)

elderly person

Derived terms

ancianito (diminutive)

References

Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

“anciano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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