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âgé

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Champenois

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French aisié (eased), past participle of aisier (to put at ease).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ɑ.ʒe/

Adjective

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âgé m (femine âgée, plural âgés)

  1. (Troyen) easy

References

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  • Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux[2] (in French), Troyes

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French aage, from the Old French , from Latin aetatem (accusative of aetas).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.ʒe/ ~ /ɑ.ʒe/
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Adjective

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âgé (feminine âgée, masculine plural âgés, feminine plural âgées)

  1. old; elderly
    Elle est âgée de 3 ans.
    She is three years old.
    • 1958 July, Arthur M[arinus] Jensen, “Les grands-parents [The grandparents]”, in Le Français par la « Méthode Nature » [French by the “Nature Method”], 2nd edition, Copenhagen: The Nature Method Institutes, →OCLC, page 31:
      Nicole est de deux ans plus âgée que Jean.
      Nicole is 2 years older than Jean.

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