vieillesse
French, noun/vjɛ.jɛs/
vieillesse is spelled V-I-E-I-L-L-E-S-S-E (10 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written French, the 11,195th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vieillesse is a French feminine noun meaning “old age” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Âge avancé”.
What does vieillesse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineold age
- 2
feminineoldness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Âge avancé. 2. Vétusté, ancienneté, en parlant de choses. 3. Personnes âgées en général.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vieillesse
- vieillesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vieillesse?
- /vjɛ.jɛs/
- /vje.jɛs/
- \vjɛ.jɛs\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vieillesse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vieillesse in French?
vieillesse appears 5.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).