âgé

See also: age, Age, âge, agé, Agë, Åge, and -age

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French aage, from the Old French aé, from Latin aetatem (accusative of aetas).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ʒe/, /ɑ.ʒe/
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Adjective

âgé (feminine âgée, masculine plural âgés, feminine plural âgées)

old; elderly
Elle est âgée de 3 ans.
She is three years old.
- 1958 July, Arthur M[arinus] Jensen, “Les grands-parents [The grandparents]”, in Le Français par la « Méthode Nature » [French by the “Nature Method”], 2nd edition, Copenhagen: The Nature Method Institutes, →OCLC, page 31:
  Nicole est de deux ans plus âgée que Jean.
  Nicole is 2 years older than Jean.

Derived terms

personne âgée

See also

âgée

Further reading

“âgé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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