"vieille fille" meaning in French

See vieille fille in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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 Categories (topical): Age
    Sense id: en-vieille_fille-fr-noun-zX7nfwof Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vieilles filles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "vieille fille f (plural vieilles filles)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Age",
          "orig": "fr:Age",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
      ],
      "id": "en-vieille_fille-fr-noun-zX7nfwof",
      "links": [
        [
          "spinster",
          "spinster"
        ],
        [
          "old maid",
          "old maid"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/vjɛj fij/"
    },
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    }
  ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "vieille fille f (plural vieilles filles)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "French countable nouns",
        "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"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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",
          "spinster"
        ],
        [
          "old maid",
          "old maid"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/vjɛj fij/"
    },
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    }
  ],
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}

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