vieillissant
French, adjective/vjɛ.ji.sɑ̃/
vieillissant is a French adjective meaning “aging” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of vieillir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui devient vieux”.
What does vieillissant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
aging
verb
- 1
present participle of vieillir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui devient vieux.
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 vieillissant
- vieillissante feminine
- vieillissants masculine plural
- vieillissantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vieillissant?
- /vjɛ.ji.sɑ̃/
- /vje.ji.sɑ̃/
- \vjɛ.ji.sɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vieillissant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vieillissant in French?
vieillissant appears 1.9 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).