vieux

Significat

Adj

old

Noun

1. old person
2. (slang) parents (when in the plural), father
3. old chap

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/vjø/

Etimologia

From Middle French vieulx, from Old French viel, from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus.

Sents

Aux Puces il chine un vieux téléphone de campagne datant de la Grande Guerre .

In Les Puces, he finds an old country telephone dating from the Great War.

La mouche , pour rappeler le vieux mot déjà cité , n'avale pas un éléphant .

The fly, to recall the old word already mentioned, does not swallow an elephant.

Il aurait reconnu le regard du vieux nègre , comme j'aurais reconnu le sien .

He would have recognized the old nigger's gaze, as I would have recognized his.