French

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Etymology

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From vieux, vieil (old) +‎ -ir. Compare Catalan envellir, Spanish envejecer, Portuguese envelhecer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vjɛ.jiʁ/ ~ /vje.jiʁ/
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Verb

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vieillir

  1. (intransitive) to grow old, to age
  2. (transitive) to make (someone) look older
  3. (reflexive) to make oneself look older

Conjugation

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This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

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