age

Definitions of age
  1. noun
    how long something has existed
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    ancienneté
    the quality of being old; the opposite of newness
    nouveauté
    the quality of being new; the opposite of oldness
    vieillesse
    the opposite of youngness
    jeunesse
    the opposite of oldness
    jeunesse
    the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
    enfantillage, puérilité
    a property characteristic of a child
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    possession, propriété
    a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class
  2. noun
    a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
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    majorité
    the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs
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    durée de vie
    a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state
  3. noun
    an era of history having some distinctive feature
    synonyms: période, période historique, époque
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    changement de siècle
    the period from about ten years before to ten years after a new century
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    ère, époque
    a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
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