French

Alternative forms

• vieulx (obsolete)

Adjective

vieux m ‎(masculine singular before vowel vieil, feminine singular vieille, masculine plural vieux, feminine plural vieilles)

1. old
   • 1862, Victor Hugo, Les misérables

     Au temps de sa pire misère, il remarquait que les jeunes filles se retournaient quand il passait, et il se sauvait ou se cachait, la mort dans l’âme. Il pensait qu’elles le regardaient pour ses vieux habits et qu’elles en riaient, le fait est qu’elles le regardaient pour sa grâce et qu’elles en rêvaient.

     At the period of his most abject misery, he had observed that young girls turned round when he passed by, and he fled or hid, with death in his soul. He thought that they were staring at him because of his old clothes, and that they were laughing at them; the fact is, that they stared at him because of his grace, and that they dreamed of him.

Synonyms

• âgé

Antonyms

• jeune
• neuf
• nouveau

Derived terms

• vieux riche (old money)

Usage notes

• When placed before a noun beginning with a vowel vieux becomes vieil.
• "vieil ami" = old friend (longstanding), "ami vieux" = old friend (elderly)

Noun

vieux m ‎(plural vieux, feminine vieille)

1. old person

Derived terms

• mon vieux

Related terms

• vieillard
• vieillerie
• vieillesse
• vieillir
• vieillot