Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vieux jeu

/vjəˈʒə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables: vieux -jeu
IPA: /vjəˈʒə/

25

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Old-fashioned, outmoded.

Example Sentences

"If she was to leave Douglas, for what way of living was she to leave? There's something so damned vieux jeu, she thought gloomily, in leaving like Nora, to live differently!"

Etymology

From French vieux jeu.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: vieux jeu

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /vjəˈʒə/

Inflected Forms

more vieux jeu (comparative) most vieux jeu (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce vieux jeu?: The recorded pronunciation is /vjəˈʒə/.
What does vieux jeu mean?: Old-fashioned, outmoded.
Where does vieux jeu come from?: It is traced to French.

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