aîné
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "aine"
French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French aisné, from Old French aisné, contraction of ainz (“before”) + né (“born”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]aîné (feminine aînée, masculine plural aînés, feminine plural aînées)
Noun
[edit]aîné m (plural aînés, feminine aînée)
- eldest (boy)
- older brother
- elder
- old person
Antonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “aîné”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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