vieillir

vieillir [vjejiʀ]

➭ TABLE 2

1. intransitive verb

   a. ( = prendre de l'âge) [personne, maison, organe] to grow old ; [population] to age

• il a bien/mal vieilli [personne] he has/has not aged well ; [film] it has/has not stood the test of time

   b. ( = paraître plus vieux) to age

• il a vieilli de 10 ans en quelques jours he aged 10 years in a few days

• il ne vieillit pas he doesn't get any older

   c. ( = passer de mode) [auteur, mot, doctrine] to go out of fashion

   d. [vin, fromage] to age

2. transitive verb

• vieillir qn [coiffure, maladie] to make sb look older

• vous me vieillissez de cinq ans (par fausse estimation) you're making me out to be five years older than I really am

3. reflexive verb

► se vieillir to make o.s. look older

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vjɛjiʀ
1.

verbe transitif

1) (en apparence) [coiffure, robe] to make [somebody] look older

2) (en estimation)

ne me vieillis pas, j'ai 59 ans! — don't make me out to be any older than I am, I'm only 59!

3) (physiquement) [maladie, pauvreté] to age

2.

verbe intransitif

1) (en âge)

je vieillis — I am getting old

j'ai vieilli — I'm older; (en maturité) I have grown up

je me sens vieillir — I feel my age

pour bien vieillir, faites du sport — to stay young, take exercise

je ne veux pas vieillir ici — I don't want to be here till I die

2) (se dégrader) [corps, bâtiment] to show signs of age; [personne] to age

il vieillit mal — (apparence) he's losing his looks

elle vieillit bien — she looks good for her age

3) Sociologie

notre population vieillit — we have an ageing population

4) (pour un vin) to mature, to age

5) (se démoder) [œuvre, institution] to become outdated

3.

se vieillir verbe pronominal

1) (en apparence) to make oneself look older

2) (en mentant) to make oneself out to be older

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vjejiʀ

1. vi

1) (= prendre de l'âge) to grow old, [population] to age

Il a beaucoup vieilli depuis la dernière fois que je l'ai vu. — He's aged a lot since I last saw him.

2) [vin] to age

3) [doctrine, auteur] to become dated

2. vt

1)

vieillir qn [coiffure, vêtements, lunettes] — to make sb look older, [épreuves, maladie] to age

2) [acteur] (pour un rôle) to make look older

3) [vin, whisky] to age

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vieillir verb table: finir

A vtr

1 (en apparence) [coiffure, robe] to make [sb] look older; le maquillage la vieillit de 10 ans make-up makes her look 10 years older;

2 (en estimation) ne me vieillis pas, j'ai 59 ans! don't make me any older than I am, I'm only 59!;

3 (physiquement) [maladie, pauvreté] to age.

B vi

1 (en âge) je vieillis I am getting old; j'ai vieilli I'm older; (en maturité) I have grown up; je me sens vieillir I feel my age; pour bien vieillir, faites du sport to stay young, take exercise; il refuse de se voir vieillir he can't accept the fact that he's not so young any more; vieillir dans la fonction publique to spend a lifetime in the civil service; je ne veux pas vieillir ici I don't want to be here till I die;

2 (se dégrader) [corps, bâtiment] to show signs of age; [personne] to age; elle n'a pas vieilli she hasn't aged, she doesn't look any older; il vieillit mal (apparence) he's losing his looks; elle vieillit bien she looks good for her age; il a vieilli de 10 ans en 6 mois he has aged 10 years in 6 months;

3 Sociol notre population vieillit we have an ageing population;

4 Vin to mature, age;

5 (se démoder) [œuvre] to become outdated; [institution] to stultify; une pièce de théâtre qui n'a pas vieilli a play which has lasted well.

C se vieillir vpr

1 (en apparence) to make oneself look older;

2 (en mentant) to make oneself out to be older; se vieillir d'au moins trois ans to put at least three years on one's age.

[vjejir] verbe intransitif

1. [prendre de l'âge - personne] to age, to be getting old ; [ - vin, fromage] to age, to mature ; [ - technique] to become outmoded

tout le monde vieillit we all grow old

bien vieillir to grow old gracefully

il a mal vieilli he hasn't aged well

ce film vieillit mal this film doesn't stand the test of time

son roman a beaucoup vieilli her novel seems really dated now

l'argent vieillit bien silver ages well

2. [paraître plus vieux]

il a vieilli de 20 ans he looks 20 years older

tu ne vieillis pas you never seem to look any older

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[vjejir] verbe transitif

1. [rendre vieux - personne] to make old, to age

2. [vin, fromage] to age, to mature

[métal] to age-harden

3. [apparencenj]

vieillir quelqu'un

{{ind}}a. [suj: vêtement, couleur] to make somebody seem older

{{ind}}b. [suj: personne] : vous me vieillissez! you're making me older than I am!

c'est fou ce que les cheveux longs la vieillissent! long hair makes her look a lot older!

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se vieillir verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)

[en apparence] to make oneself look older

[en mentant] to lie about one's age (by pretending to be older)