"vieille fille" meaning in All languages combined

See vieille fille on Wiktionary

Noun [French]

IPA: /vjɛj fij/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-vieille fille.wav Forms: vieilles filles [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} vieille fille f (plural vieilles filles)
  1. spinster, old maid Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-vieille_fille-fr-noun-zX7nfwof Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Age

Inflected forms

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    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "f"
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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          "source": "w"
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Age",
          "orig": "fr:Age",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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              48,
              61
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 1, in Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine, book 1:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "spinster, old maid"
      ],
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        [
          "spinster",
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        ],
        [
          "old maid",
          "old maid"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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    }
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        "plural"
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  ],
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      },
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French feminine nouns",
        "French lemmas",
        "French multiword terms",
        "French nouns",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of French quotations",
        "fr:Age"
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              48,
              61
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          "type": "quote"
        }
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      ],
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        ],
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          "old maid",
          "old maid"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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  ],
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    },
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    }
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