vieille fille

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vjɛj fij/
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Noun

vieille fille f (plural vieilles filles)

  1. spinster, old maid
    • 1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 1, in Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine, book 1:
      M. Myriel était arrivé à Digne accompagné d’une vieille fille, mademoiselle Baptistine, qui était sa sœur et qui avait dix ans de moins que lui.
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