vieillesse
French
editEtymology
editFrom Middle French vieillesse. By surface analysis, vieil -esse. Compare Catalan vellesa, Spanish vejez, Italian vecchiaia.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvieillesse f (plural vieillesses)
- old age
- Synonym: troisième âge
- Antonym: jeunesse
- Hypernym: sénescence
- Hyponym: grand âge
- oldness
- Synonym: ancienneté
- Antonym: jeunesse
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “vieillesse” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “vieillesse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
editNoun
editvieillesse f (uncountable)
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