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old

adj

     (gen)    vieux (vieille)  , vieil    before masc noun beginning with a vowel or mute h
an old tree      un vieil arbre
an old dog      un vieux chien
an old house      une vieille maison
→ These books must be very old.
→ an old proverb
→ an old toothbrush lying on the window sill
→ a rusty old tractor
how old is it?      quel âge ça a?
How old do you think these tombs are?      Quel âge pensez-vous qu'elles aient, ces tombes?
It's 10,000 years old.      Ça a 10 000 ans.
→ The burial ground must be at least 10,000 years old

   [person]   vieux (vieille)  , vieil    before masc noun beginning with a vowel or mute h
→ I wondered how a man as old as he could be in such good physical shape.
an old man      un vieil homme
→ an old lady
old people      les personnes âgées
how old are you?      quel âge as-tu or avez-vous?
He's ten years old.      Il a dix ans.
She's two years older than me.      Elle a deux ans de plus que moi.
→ She was a couple of years older than me.
I'm the oldest in the family.      Je suis l'aîné de la famille.
He wasn't old enough to understand.      Il n'était pas assez âgé pour comprendre.
You'll understand when you're older.      Tu comprendras quand tu seras plus âgé., Tu comprendras quand tu seras plus vieux.
to be older than sb      être plus âgé que qn, être plus vieux que qn
He's older than me.      Il est plus âgé que moi., Il est plus vieux que moi.
my older brother      mon frère aîné
my older sister      ma sœur aînée
an old friend of sb's, Pete's an old friend of mine.      Pete est un vieil ami à moi., Pete est un de mes vieux amis.

   (=former)   ancien (ne)
my old English teacher      mon ancien professeur d'anglais
his old job at the town hall      son ancien travail à la mairie
→ They'd built a supermarket on the old playing fields.
→ Although the old secret police have been abolished, the military police still exist.
→ I'll make up the bed in your old room.
→ Mark was heartbroken when Jane returned to her old boyfriend.
→ I vowed never to go back to my old school.

   any old      n'importe quel or quelle
Any old paper will do.      N'importe quel papier fera l'affaire.
any old thing will do      n'importe quoi fera l'affaire
→ The portraits and sumptuous ornaments, and the gold clock, show that this is not just any old front room.
  →   old days

age-old
      adj   (=ancient)
[story, tradition, problem]   ancestral (e)
→ This age-old struggle for control had led to untold bloody wars.

day-old
adj

[bread] de la veille

[chick] d'un jour
→ ferrets, who thrive on a diet of day-old chicks

dirty old man *
n vieux cochon * m

Grand Old Party
      n     (US)
the Grand Old Party      le parti républicain

old age
      n   vieillesse    f
→ We tend to consider old age as a social problem.
in their old age      pendant leurs vieux jours
→ They worry about how they will support themselves in their old age.

old age pension , old-age pension
n (British) (=state pension) retraite f

old age pensioner   , old-age pensioner
      n     (British)   retraité (e)      m/f
She's an old age pensioner.      Elle est retraitée.

Old Bailey
      n     (British)
the Old Bailey      cour d'assises de Londres   cour d'assises de Londres

old bat *
n vieille chouette f

Old Bill   *
      n     (British)
the Old Bill      la rousse *

old boy
      n   [+school]   ancien élève    m
→ ... Eton College, with all its traditions and long list of famous old boys.
→ ... Cardiff High School Old Boys rugby team.

old days
      npl
in the old days      au temps jadis
in the good old days      au bon vieux temps

old-fashioned
adj

   [things]   démodé (e)
She wears old-fashioned clothes.      Elle porte des vêtements démodés.
→ He was wearing old-fashioned plastic-rimmed glasses.
→ a charming old-fashioned custom

   [person]   vieux jeu    inv
My parents are rather old-fashioned.      Mes parents sont plutôt vieux jeu.
→ I am very old-fashioned.

old flame
      n
*   ex    mf

old girl
      n   [+school]   ancienne élève    f
→ ... the St Mary's Ascot Old Girls' Reunion Lunch.

Old Glory
n (US) bannière f étoilée

old guard
      n   vieille garde    f
→ The old guard did not like the changes that Brewer introduced ...
→ He belongs to the ruling Nationalist Party's old guard.