vieille lune
\vjɛj lyn\
The verdict
“vieille lune” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Phase précédant la nouvelle lune : fin du dernier croissant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vieille-lune · vieille lune · French
vieille lune · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vieille lune |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vjɛj lyn\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vieille lune » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vieille lune is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vjɛj lyn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
vieille lune has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is vieille lune, spelled V-I-E-I-L-L-E- -L-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Phase précédant la nouvelle lune : fin du dernier croissant.
- 2Idée désuète, qui n’a pas tenu ses promesses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vieille lune appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous en avions vécu, nous en avions rêvé pendant toute une saison et nous en parlions maintenant comme d’une vieille lune.
L’ordinateur quantique est cette vieille lune technologique qui promet, par une façon différente d’exécuter des calculs, d’accélérer certaines opérations, voire de résoudre certains problèmes insolubles aujourd’hui ou hors d’atteinte, y compris par les superordinateurs.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.