old woman in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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woman <pl women> [Brit ˈwʊmən, Am ˈwʊmən] N

1. woman:

woman
femme f
the working woman
la femme active
woman as portrayed in the Victorian novel
la femme telle qu'elle est représentée dans le roman victorien
a woman of letters
une femme de lettres
a woman of the streets dated euph
une prostituée
I've never even spoken to the woman! pej
je n'ai même jamais parlé à cette femme!
a woman comes in to clean twice a week
une femme de ménage vient deux fois par semaine
she's her own woman
elle est maîtresse de sa vie
to talk about sth woman to woman
parler de qc entre femmes
for heaven's sake, woman!
mais enfin tu es idiote ou quoi?
my good woman
ma petite dame
the little woman dated pej
ma petite femme
the other woman pej
l'autre
a six-woman team
une équipe composée de six femmes

I.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] N The irregular form vieil of the adjective vieux/vieille is used before masculine nouns beginning with a vowel or a mute ‘h’.

III.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] ADJ

2. old (of a particular age):

how old are you/is he?
quel âge as-tu/a-t-il?
no-one knows how old this tree is
personne ne connaît l'âge de cet arbre
she is 10 years old
elle a 10 ans
a six-year-old boy
un garçon (âgé) de six ans
a six-year old
un enfant (âgé) de six ans
when you were one year old
quand tu avais un an
this bread is a week old
ce pain est vieux d'une semaine
a centuries-old tradition
une tradition vieille de plusieurs siècles
to be as old as sb/as the century
avoir le même âge que qn/que le siècle
I'm older than you
je suis plus âgé que toi
she is 10 years older than him
elle a 10 ans de plus que lui
the north wing is 100 years older than the east wing
l'aile nord a été construite 100 ans avant l'aile est
my older brother/sister
mon frère aîné/ma sœur aînée
an older man/woman
un homme/une femme plus âgé/-e
the older children play here
les grands jouent ici
I'll tell you when you're older
je te le dirai quand tu seras plus grand
he's going to be handsome when he's older
ce sera un beau jeune homme plus tard
as you get older you learn what really matters
en vieillissant on apprend ce qui est vraiment important
I'm the oldest
c'est moi l'aîné/-e
the oldest person there was 18
la personne la plus âgée de l'assemblée avait 18 ans
old enough to be your father/mother
assez vieux/vieille pour être ton père/ta mère
to be old enough to do
être en âge de faire
you're old enough to know better
à ton âge tu devrais avoir plus de bon sens
you're too old for silly games
ces jeux stupides ne sont plus de ton âge
he's too old for you
il est trop vieux pour toi
that dress is too old for you
cette robe fait trop vieux pour toi
to be old for one's age
être mûr pour son âge

old woman in the PONS Dictionary

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I.old <-er, -est> [əʊld, Am oʊld] ADJ

II.old [əʊld, Am oʊld] N (elderly people)

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In the third part, the two robbers from the second part help an old woman home.
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When the old woman ate a portion of the peach, she unexpectedly recovered her beauty and youth.
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The scene shows an old woman flying, it was actually a man and the actual owner of the plane at the time.
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The young man with his spirit friends sat on the edge of a cliff while the old woman walked out into the thin air.
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The old woman had her sleep in a thicket and touched the pool with the spoon, which turned the pool to vapor.
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He is repulsed when the ugly old woman embraces him, but reacts quite differently when she transforms into a beautiful younger woman.
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The iron struck three times as demanded without the old woman having touched any of the apparatus, much to the surprise of the two spectators.
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Before they go any further, they must get past a number of cats that seem to know what is going on, then the old woman.
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Archaeologists discovered the skeleton of an old woman, believed to have been buried there to save the expense of a funeral.
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Her association with him and water reinforce what the old woman said about children rushing to water.
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