Le mot anglais du jour

old

vieux

Définitions

anglais > français
old
1. adj. Vieux.
This vase from China is very old.
Ce vase de Chine est très ancien.
2. adj. (Personne) Âgé, vieux.
Old people's sight slowly deteriorates.
La vue des gens âgés se détériore lentement.
3. adj. (Familier) Usé, usagé.
The bookstore sells both old and new books.
La librairie vent aussi bien des livres usés que des neufs.
4. adj. (Figuré) Usé.
old idea
pensée usée
pensée éculée
5. adj. Fatigant, agaçant, ennuyeux.
This practical joke of yours is getting old.
Ta farce commence à m'agacer.
anglais > anglais
old
1. adj. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
an old abandoned building; an old friend
2. adj. Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.
a wrinkled old man
3. adj. Of a perishable item, having existed for most, or more than its shelf life.
an old loaf of bread
4. adj. Of an item that has been used and so is not new (unused).
I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with.
5. adj. Having existed or lived for the specified time.
How old are they? She’s five years old and he's 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.
6. adj. Of an earlier time.:
7. adj. Former, previous.
My new car is not as good as my old one. a school reunion for Old Etonians
8. adj. That is no longer in existence.
The footpath follows the route of an old railway line.
9. adj. Obsolete; out-of-date.
That is the old way of doing things; now we do it this way.
10. adj. Familiar.
When he got drunk and quarrelsome they just gave him the old heave-ho.
11. adj. Tiresome.
Your constant pestering is getting old.
12. adj. Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
13. adj. A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)
We're having a good old time. My next car will be a big old SUV. My wife makes the best little old apple pie in Texas.
14. adj. (obsolete) Excessive, abundant.
15. n. (with "the") People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
A civilised society should always look after the old in the community.
français > anglais
vieux
1. adj. old
2. n-m. old person
3. n-m. (slang) parents (when in the plural), father
mes vieux - my mom and dad
4. n-m. old chap
– Je ne veux pas t'empêcher de travailler, vieux. Je vois que tu es très occupé.