vieillesse
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
- Antonym: jeunesse
- Hypernym: sénescence
- Hyponym: grand âge
- Synonym: troisième âge
- oldness
- Antonym: jeunesse
- Synonym: ancienneté
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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)