âgé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "age"

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʒe/ ~ /ɑ.ʒe/

• Audio:

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Adjective

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.

Derived terms

• personne âgée

See also

• âgée

Further reading

• “âgé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.