senior
English
/ˈsinjɚ/, /ˈsiːnjə(r)/
adj
Definitions
- Older; superior
- Higher in rank, dignity, or office.
- (US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin senior (older, elder).
Origin
Latin
senior
Gloss
older, elder
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nonsenior English
- seniorhood English
- senioritis English
- seniorize English
- seniorlike English
- seniorly English
- seniormost English
- seniorness English
- seniorship English
- supersenior English
- *seior Latin
- *senior Latin
- consenior Latin
- senior Latin
- senioritas Latin
- Senior German
- signore Italian
- senior French
- senior Spanish, Castilian
- sénior Spanish, Castilian
- sénior Portuguese
- senior Polish
- seignor Old French
- sire Old French
- sennor Old Portuguese
- signôr Friulian
- segnor Old Occitan
- senher Old Occitan
- sior Venetian
- sinar Dalmatian
- sinaur Dalmatian
- sinjaur Dalmatian
- senior Interlingua