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# older — English to Ukrainian

How English *older* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [older in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/older/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: older (250). By style: everyday 245 · biblical 5.

## старший

Used about 185 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 184 · biblical ≈ 1). Forms: старша, старший, старі.

- I am **older** than you.
  Я **старший** від тебе.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3041542](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3041542) [\#8073155](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8073155))

- and that **older** women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good,
  **старі** жінки так само щоб убирались як годить ся сьвятим, (були) не осудливі, не підневолені великому пянству і навчали добра,
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · TIT 2:3)

- I'm **older** than him.
  Я **старший** від нього.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CH and ChickenKiev · checked, community translation · [\#3907749](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3907749) [\#508245](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/508245))

- She's **older** than him.
  Вона **старша**, ніж він.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#887619](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/887619) [\#6905124](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6905124))

- Tom is my **older** brother.
  Том — мій **старший** брат.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1495832](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1495832) [\#6081471](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6081471))

## брата

Used about 10 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10). Forms: брат, брата.

- I know your **older** brother quite well.
  Я знаю твого старшого **брата** досить добре.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Ostrovska · checked, community translation · [\#411241](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/411241) [\#515630](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/515630))

- Tom is very different from his **older** brother.
  Том дуже відрізняється від старшого **брата**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5910026](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5910026) [\#5914285](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5914285))

## доньки

Used about 10 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10).

- Tom is your **older** daughter's son, isn't he?
  Том — син твоєї старшої **доньки**, так?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6896434](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6896434) [\#7334974](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7334974))

- Tom is your **older** daughter's son, isn't he?
  Том — син вашої старшої **доньки**, так?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6896434](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6896434) [\#7334975](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7334975))

## килими

Used about 10 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10).

- **Older** carpets are more valuable than newer carpets.
  Старі **килими** цінніші за нові.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#239834](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/239834) [\#5718900](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5718900))

- **Older** carpets are more valuable than newer carpets.
  Старі **килими** коштовніші за нові.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Ahha · checked, community translation · [\#239834](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/239834) [\#421591](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/421591))

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- The **older** you are, the more difficult it is to learn a language.
  Чим старіший ти стаєш, тим складніше тобі вчити іноземну мову.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#282183](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/282183) [\#495741](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/495741))

- I mistook you for your **older** brother.
  Я переплутав тебе з твоїм старшим братом.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#7530780](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7530780) [\#5714362](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5714362))

- Tom's parents are **older** than mine.
  Батьки Тома старші за моїх батьків.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3822420](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3822420) [\#5917585](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5917585))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [Ukrainian grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/uk/) · [translating between English and Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-uk/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-uk/).

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