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 Translation for 'old' from English to French
ADJ   old | older / elder | oldest / eldest
SYNO erstwhile | former | honest-to-god | ...
vieux {adj}old
30
ancien {adj}old
25
âgé {adj}old
4
2 Words: Others
ancestral {adj}age-old
antique {adj} [croyance, demeure]age-old
séculaire {adj} [qui existe depuis des siècles]age-old
plusieurs fois millénaire {adj}millennia-old
plusieurs fois millénaire {adj}millenniums-old
dépassé {adj}old hat [coll.]
démodé {adj}old-fashioned
vieux jeu {adj}old-fashioned
anachronique {adj}old-fashioned
vielle école {adj}old-fashioned
désuet {adj} [manière, style]old-fashioned
vêt.
antique {adj} [costume]
old-fashioned
vielle école {adj}old-school
du temps jadis {adj}old-time
désuet {adj} [décor, charme]old-world
2 Words: Verbs
vieillirto get old
se faire vieuxto get old
vieillirto grow old
se faire vieuxto grow old
2 Words: Nouns
vieille bique {f} [fam.] [femme désagréable](old) crone [coll.] [unpleasant woman]
auto
tas {m} de ferraille [fig.] [fam.] [vieille auto]
(old) heap [fig.] [sl.] [delapidated old car]
vieillesse {f}old age
le troisième âge {m} [la vieillesse]old age
(une vieille) rombière {f} [fam.] [péj.]old bag [coll.] [unpleasant woman]
vieille bique {f} [fam.] [femme désagréable]old bag [coll.] [unpleasant woman]
vieille taupe {f} [pej.] [fam.] [femme désagréable]old bag [pej.] [coll.] [unpleasant woman]
auto
vieille caisse {f} [fam.]
old banger [coll.]
vieille branche {f} [fam.]old bean [coll.] [fig.]
vieille noix {f} [fig.] [fam.]old bean [fig.] [coll.] [dated] [pal]
vieille branche {f} [fam.]old chum [coll.]
croulant {m} [fam.]old crock [Br.] [coll.] [person]
auto
vieux tacot {m} [fam.]
old crock [Br.] [sl.] [delapidated old car]
urban
centre {m} historique
old downtown [Am.]
vieux schnock {m} [fam.] [aussi : schnoque, chnoque]old fart [coll.] [vulg.]
vieille baderne {f} [fam.] [péj.]old fogey [coll.] [pej.] [male or female]
ling.
ancien français {m}
Old French
vieille bique {f} [fam.] [péj.]old hag [coll.] [pej.]
hist.
Ancien Empire {m} [Égypte]
Old Kingdom [Egypt]
vieille fille {f} [péj.]old maid [pej.] [mature spinster]
vieillard {m}old man
vieux {m} [fam.]old man
paternel {m} [fam.]old man [father] [coll.]
le diable {m}Old Nick [coll.] [dated] [Satan]
vieillards {m.pl}old people
personnes {f.pl} agéesold people
personne {f} âgée [masculine et féminine]old person
urban
centre {m} historique
old quarter
hist.pol.
Ancien Régime {m} [en France]
Old Regime [Ancien Régime]
géogr.
Vieux Rhin {m}
Old Rhine [cut-off section of the earlier Rhine]
naut.
(vieux) loup {m} de mer [fig.]
old salt [coll.] [experienced old mariner]
vêt.
savate {f} [fam.]
old shoe
vêt.
savate {f} [fam.]
old slipper
biblerelig.
Ancient Testament {m}
Old Testament
biblerelig.
Ancien Testament {m}
Old Testament <OT>
vieille ville {f}old town
vieillarde {f}old woman
vieille {f} [fam.]old woman
Ancien Monde {m}Old World
vieillard {m}old-timer [Am.] [old man]
vieillarde {f}old-timer [Am.] [old woman]
3 Words: Others
n'importe comment {adv}any old how [Br.] [coll.]
Vieux schnock !Boring old fart! [vulg.]
trentenaire {adj}thirty-year-old
de deux ans {adj} [enfant]two-year-old [attr.] [child]
3 Words: Verbs
être vieux jeu [fam.] [locution]to be old school [coll.] [idiom]
être vieillito be old-fashioned
être vieux jeu [fam.]to be old-fashioned
vieillir [se démoder]to become old-fashioned
vieillir avec grâceto grow old gracefully
atteindre un âge avancéto reach old age
parvenir à un âge avancéto reach old age
méd.
rouvrir de vieilles blessures
to reopen old wounds
rouvrir de vieilles plaiesto reopen old wounds [fig.] [idiom]
3 Words: Nouns
harpie {f} [fam.] [péj.](ugly) old bag [coll.] [pej.]
phénomène {m} millénaireage-old phenomenon
sagesse {f} séculaireage-old wisdom
rengaine {f} [air]corny old tune [coll.]
vieil homme {m} bougon [fam.]grumpy old man [coll.]
sociol.
résidence {f} pour personnes âgées
old age home
urban
centre {m} historique
old city centre
ling.
vieux haut allemand {m} [aussi : vieux haut-allemand]
Old High German
ling.littérat.
ancien haut allemand {m}
Old High German
relig.
Ancien Nouvel An {m} [aussi : Nouvel An julien ou Nouvel An orthodoxe]
Old New Year [also: Orthodox New Year]
maison {f} de retraiteold people's home
sociol.
asile {m} de vieillards
old people's home
sociol.
soins {m.pl} aux personnes âgées
old person care
archéo.hist.
paléolithique {m}
Old Stone Age
géogr.hist.pol.
ancienne Confédération {f} suisse [1291 - 1798]
Old Swiss Confederacy [1291 - 1798] [also: Switzerland or the Swiss Confederacy]
remède {m} de bonne femme [fam.]old wives' remedy [coll.]
conte {m} de bonne femmeold wives' tale
conte {m} de fées de bonnes femmesold wives' tale
hist.mil.pol.
ancienne guerre {f} de Zurich [1440 - 1446]
Old Zürich War [1440 - 1446] [war of succession within the Old Swiss Confederacy]
sociol.
soins {m.pl} aux personnes âgées
old-age care
assur.fin.sociol.
prévoyance {f} vieillesse
old-age provision
sylv.
forêt {f} vierge
old-growth forest
sylv.
forêt {f} primaire
old-growth forest
sylv.
forêt {f} naturelle
old-growth forest
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Translation for 'old' from English to French

old
vieux {adj}

ancien {adj}

âgé {adj}

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age-old
ancestral {adj}

antique {adj} [croyance, demeure]

séculaire {adj} [qui existe depuis des siècles]
millennia-old
plusieurs fois millénaire {adj}
millenniums-old
plusieurs fois millénaire {adj}
old hat [coll.]
dépassé {adj}
old-fashioned
démodé {adj}

vieux jeu {adj}

anachronique {adj}

vielle école {adj}

désuet {adj} [manière, style]

antique {adj} [costume]vêt.
old-school
vielle école {adj}
old-time
du temps jadis {adj}
old-world
désuet {adj} [décor, charme]

to get old
vieillir

se faire vieux
to grow old
vieillir

se faire vieux

(old) crone [coll.] [unpleasant woman]
vieille bique {f} [fam.] [femme désagréable]
(old) heap [fig.] [sl.] [delapidated old car]
tas {m} de ferraille [fig.] [fam.] [vieille auto]auto
old age
vieillesse {f}

le troisième âge {m} [la vieillesse]
old bag [coll.] [unpleasant woman]
(une vieille) rombière {f} [fam.] [péj.]

vieille bique {f} [fam.] [femme désagréable]
old bag [pej.] [coll.] [unpleasant woman]
vieille taupe {f} [pej.] [fam.] [femme désagréable]
old banger [coll.]
vieille caisse {f} [fam.]auto
old bean [coll.] [fig.]
vieille branche {f} [fam.]
old bean [fig.] [coll.] [dated] [pal]
vieille noix {f} [fig.] [fam.]
old chum [coll.]
vieille branche {f} [fam.]
old crock [Br.] [coll.] [person]
croulant {m} [fam.]
old crock [Br.] [sl.] [delapidated old car]
vieux tacot {m} [fam.]auto
old downtown [Am.]
centre {m} historiqueurban
old fart [coll.] [vulg.]
vieux schnock {m} [fam.] [aussi : schnoque, chnoque]
old fogey [coll.] [pej.] [male or female]
vieille baderne {f} [fam.] [péj.]
Old French
ancien français {m}ling.
old hag [coll.] [pej.]
vieille bique {f} [fam.] [péj.]
Old Kingdom [Egypt]
Ancien Empire {m} [Égypte]hist.
old maid [pej.] [mature spinster]
vieille fille {f} [péj.]
old man
vieillard {m}

vieux {m} [fam.]
old man [father] [coll.]
paternel {m} [fam.]
Old Nick [coll.] [dated] [Satan]
le diable {m}
old people
vieillards {m.pl}

personnes {f.pl} agées
old person
personne {f} âgée [masculine et féminine]
old quarter
centre {m} historiqueurban
Old Regime [Ancien Régime]
Ancien Régime {m} [en France]hist.pol.
Old Rhine [cut-off section of the earlier Rhine]
Vieux Rhin {m}géogr.
old salt [coll.] [experienced old mariner]
(vieux) loup {m} de mer [fig.]naut.
old shoe
savate {f} [fam.]vêt.
old slipper
savate {f} [fam.]vêt.
Old Testament
Ancient Testament {m}biblerelig.
Old Testament <OT>
Ancien Testament {m}biblerelig.
old town
vieille ville {f}
old woman
vieillarde {f}

vieille {f} [fam.]
Old World
Ancien Monde {m}
old-timer [Am.] [old man]
vieillard {m}
old-timer [Am.] [old woman]
vieillarde {f}

any old how [Br.] [coll.]
n'importe comment {adv}
Boring old fart! [vulg.]
Vieux schnock !
thirty-year-old
trentenaire {adj}
two-year-old [attr.] [child]
de deux ans {adj} [enfant]

to be old school [coll.] [idiom]
être vieux jeu [fam.] [locution]
to be old-fashioned
être vieilli

être vieux jeu [fam.]
to become old-fashioned
vieillir [se démoder]
to grow old gracefully
vieillir avec grâce
to reach old age
atteindre un âge avancé

parvenir à un âge avancé
to reopen old wounds
rouvrir de vieilles blessuresméd.
to reopen old wounds [fig.] [idiom]
rouvrir de vieilles plaies

(ugly) old bag [coll.] [pej.]
harpie {f} [fam.] [péj.]
age-old phenomenon
phénomène {m} millénaire
age-old wisdom
sagesse {f} séculaire
corny old tune [coll.]
rengaine {f} [air]
grumpy old man [coll.]
vieil homme {m} bougon [fam.]
old age home
résidence {f} pour personnes âgéessociol.
old city centre
centre {m} historiqueurban
Old High German
vieux haut allemand {m} [aussi : vieux haut-allemand]ling.

ancien haut allemand {m}ling.littérat.
Old New Year [also: Orthodox New Year]
Ancien Nouvel An {m} [aussi : Nouvel An julien ou Nouvel An orthodoxe]relig.
old people's home
maison {f} de retraite

asile {m} de vieillardssociol.
old person care
soins {m.pl} aux personnes âgéessociol.
Old Stone Age
paléolithique {m}archéo.hist.
Old Swiss Confederacy [1291 - 1798] [also: Switzerland or the Swiss Confederacy]
ancienne Confédération {f} suisse [1291 - 1798]géogr.hist.pol.
old wives' remedy [coll.]
remède {m} de bonne femme [fam.]
old wives' tale
conte {m} de bonne femme

conte {m} de fées de bonnes femmes
Old Zürich War [1440 - 1446] [war of succession within the Old Swiss Confederacy]
ancienne guerre {f} de Zurich [1440 - 1446]hist.mil.pol.
old-age care
soins {m.pl} aux personnes âgéessociol.
old-age provision
prévoyance {f} vieillesseassur.fin.sociol.
old-growth forest
forêt {f} viergesylv.

forêt {f} primairesylv.

forêt {f} naturellesylv.
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