English-French translations for old

  • vieux
    Un vieux chalutier présente les mêmes dangers qu'un vieux pétrolier. An old trawler is as dangerous as an old oil tanker. Nous voulons tous devenir vieux, mais nous préférerions ne pas être vieux. We all want to grow old, but we would prefer not to be old. En réalité, ce n'était qu'un vieux canasson. In reality, it was an old nag.
  • âge
    Quel âge ont les enfants palestiniens assassinés? How old are the murdered Palestinian children? Nous avons considéré que l'âge de 14 ans est une solution adéquate. We considered that 14 years old is an adequate solution. Avec ce document, plus personne ne connaîtra l'âge des dames. This document will mean that no one will know how old a lady is.
  • ancien
    On ne peut faire valoir d'anciens droits. We must not stand on old rights. En polonais ancien, je lui souhaite bonne chance. In Old Polish, I wish it Godspeed. Les anciens objectifs ont-ils été confirmés ? Have old objectives been confirmed?
  • antique
  • avoir
    Il doit y avoir un règlement pour cela. The old mixed formula was not too bad. Je suis suffisamment âgé pour avoir des enfants de plus de 25 ans. I am old enough to have children over the age of 25. Une pomme irradiée peut avoir un aspect frais alors qu'elle est, en réalité, vieille. An irradiated apple may look fresh, but actually be old.
  • ça commence à bien faire
  • ex-La Russie d'aujourd'hui a des réminiscences de l'ex-Union soviétique, à certains égards. Today's Russia is reminiscent in some ways of the old USSR. Le président Klaus a eu tout-à-fait raison de comparer l'Union européenne à l'ex-Union soviétique. President Klaus has been quite right to compare the European Union to the old Soviet Union.
  • OldIl s' avère même aujourd' hui que la old economy n' appartient nullement au passé. Today it would appear that the old economy is not so old after all. Est-ce qu'il appartient, si je puis me permettre de demander aux experts, à la old economy ou à la new economy ? If I may ask the experts here, does he belong to the old economy or to the new economy? En 2004, nous recevrons les équipes disputant la finale du championnat européen à Old Trafford, Manchester. In 2004 we will be hosting the final of the European championships at Old Trafford in Manchester.
  • vieilleLa vieille Europe sera remplie de personnes âgées. Old Europe will be full of old people. Il s’agit d’une vieille dame avec de faibles revenus. She is an old lady with a low income. C’est ici que s’achève cette citation vieille de cinquante ans. Here ends this fifty-year old quotation.

Definition of old

  • Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time
  • Having been used and thus no longer new or unused
  • Having existed or lived for the specified time
  • ''Of an earlier time.''
  • Tiresome after prolonged repetition
  • Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time
  • Excessive, abundant
  • }} People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group
  • One of a specified age

Examples

  • an old abandoned building; an old friend
  • a wrinkled old man
  • an old loaf of bread
  • I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with
  • How old are they? She’s five years old and hes seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old child
  • My great-grandfather lived to be a hundred and one years old
  • a school reunion for Old Etonians
  • The footpath follows the route of an old railway line
  • That is the old way of doing things; now we do it this way
  • When he got drunk and quarrelsome they just gave him the old heave-ho
  • Your constant pestering is getting old
  • My next car will be a big old SUV
  • A civilised society should always look after the old in the community.
  • when he was an eight-year-old ; a 62-year-old should

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