vieillesse
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French vieillesse. By surface analysis, vieil + -esse. Compare Catalan vellesa, Spanish vejez, Italian vecchiaia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vieillesse f (plural vieillesses)
- old age
- Synonym: troisième âge
- Antonym: jeunesse
- Hypernym: sénescence
- Hyponym: grand âge
- oldness
- Synonym: ancienneté
- Antonym: jeunesse
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]Further 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
[edit]Noun
[edit]vieillesse f (uncountable)
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- French terms suffixed with -esse (quality)
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