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vieillir

to grow old, to age

verb vyay-YEER Less Common
Body & Health Health & Illness

Also means

to make look older

Usage Note

Vieillir can be intransitive ('to grow old') or transitive ('this style ages you'). The adjective vieillissant means 'ageing', and le vieillissement (m) is 'ageing' as a process or demographic trend. Note the double l in spelling, which produces a palatal /j/ sound.

Examples

"Elle commence à vieillir gracieusement."

Natural Translation

She is beginning to age gracefully.

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