Adulthood, Ageing, Dying, and Funeral Vocabulary
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130 flashcards on terms, expressions, cultural references, and grammar related to adulthood, old age, death, and funerals based on the lecture sources.
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adulthood
l'âge adulte (The state or period of being an adult)
a grown-up
un(e) adulte (An adult person)
manhood
l'âge adulte / la virilité (The state of being an adult male)
womanhood
l'âge adulte / la féminité (The state of being an adult female)
maturity
la maturité (The quality or state of being mature)
middle age
l'âge moyen (The period of life between young adulthood and old age)
middle-aged
d'âge moyen (Being in the period of middle age)
ageing
le vieillissement (The process of growing old)
senior citizens (US)
les seniors / les gens âgés (Elderly people, especially retirees in the US)
a third-ager
une personne âgée / du troisième âge (An elderly person)
retirement age
l'âge de la retraite (The age at which a person retires)
an old-age pensioner
un(e) retraité(e) (A person receiving an old-age pension)
to go grey
grisonner (To have hair turning grey)
declining
sur le déclin (Becoming weaker, deteriorating, or diminishing)
decrepit
décati (Worn out or ruined because of age or neglect)
to limp
boiter (To walk lamely or awkwardly)
a walking frame
un déambulateur (A device used to assist walking)
crippled
invalide (Severely damaged or unable to move properly)
impotence
l'impuissance (Inability or powerlessness, especially sexual dysfunction)
senility
la sénilité (Mental decline associated with old age)
dotage
le gâtisme (A period of decline or senility in old age)
to dote
radoter (To show decline of mental faculties or express excessive affection)
to go gaga
devenir gaga (To become senile, confused, or infatuated)
a wrinkle
une ride (A crease or fold on the skin)
a hearing aid
un appareil auditif (A device worn to assist hearing)
a denture
un dentier (A set of artificial teeth)
life expectancy
l'espérance de vie (The average expected lifespan)
a life span
une durée de vie (The length of time an individual lives)
still green
encore vert (Youthful, energetic, or vigorous in age)
a centenarian
un centenaire (A person who lives to be 100 years old or more)
lifeless
sans vie (Lacking life or dead)
to expire
expirer / mourir (To die or come to an end)
fatal
mortel (Causing death)
lethal
mortel (Deadly or capable of causing death)
a corpse
un cadavre (A dead body)
the remains
la dépouille mortelle (The dead body of a human being)
the deceased
le(la) défunt(e) (A person who has died)
to commit suicide
se suicider (To take one's own life intentionally)
to take one's own life
mettre fin à ses jours (To commit suicide)
bereavement
le deuil (The loss of a loved one through death)
the bereaved
la famille du / de la défunt(e) (The family or loved ones of the deceased)
mourning
le deuil (The state or period of grieving)
mourners
l'entourage du défunt (People attending a funeral to grieve)
a funeral vigil
une veillée funèbre (A watch held beside a deceased body)
a wake
une veillée funèbre (A gathering or vigil before a funeral)
a mortuary
une morgue (A place where dead bodies are kept)
cremation
l'incinération (The burning of a dead body)
a crematorium
un crématorium (A facility where cremation takes place)
a funeral urn
une urne funéraire (A vessel designed to hold cremation ashes)
to embalm
embaumer (To treat a body to preserve it from decay)
a funeral home
un funérarium (An establishment providing funeral services)
an undertaker
un(e) entrepreneur(-euse) de pompes funèbres (A funeral director)
a shroud
un linceul (A cloth used to wrap a dead body for burial)
a winding sheet
un linceul (A sheet used to wrap a corpse for burial)
a casket (US)
un cercueil (A coffin used in American English)
a hearse
un corbillard (A vehicle used to transport a coffin)
a wreath
une couronne (An arrangement of flowers given at funerals)
the funeral procession
le cortège funèbre (A procession moving towards a burial site)
a burial place
une sépulture (A location set aside for burial)
a churchyard
un cimetière de campagne (A graveyard adjoining a church)
a gravestone
une pierre tombale (A marker placed over a grave)
a family vault
un caveau de famille (A burial chamber for a family)
an epitaph
une épitaphe (An inscription on a tombstone in memory of the deceased)
an obituary
une notice nécrologique (A printed notice of death with a short bio)
condolences
les condoléances (Expressions of sympathy for someone's death)
exhumation
l'exhumation (The removal of a body from a grave)
an autopsy
une autopsie (A medical examination of a body after death)
a widower
un veuf (A man whose spouse has passed away)
an orphan
un(e) orphelin(e) (A child whose parents have died)
an orphanage
un orphelinat (A home or institution for orphans)
a will
un testament (A legal document detailing estate distribution after death)
an heiress
une héritière (A female recipient of an inheritance)
to disinherit sb
déshériter qqn (To exclude someone from an inheritance)
a legacy
un legs (An inheritance or gift left in a will)
the estate
la succession (The money and property left by a deceased person)
mid-life crisis
la crise de la quarantaine (A period of anxiety or self-doubt in middle age)
in the prime of life
dans la force/fleur de l'âge (At the best, healthiest period of life)
in one's prime
dans la fleur de l'âge (In the period of greatest vitality and success)
well-preserved
bien conservé (Looking good or youthful despite age)
to look young for one's age
faire jeune pour son âge (To look younger than one's actual age)
to be pushing forty
atteindre la quarantaine (To be nearly 40 years old)
to be on the right side of 40
ne pas avoir encore 40 ans (To be under 40 years old)
to be on the wrong side of 40
avoir dépassé les 40 ans (To be over 40 years old)
a forty-something
un quadragénaire (A person in their 40s)
to be getting on in years
prendre de l'âge (To grow old)
to be past one's prime
ne plus être tout jeune (To be beyond the best period of life)
an old people's home
une maison de retraite (A facility for residential care of elderly people)
in his/her old age
sur ses vieux jours (During the final years of one's life)
an old-timer
un vieux de la vieille (An experienced or long-standing person)
the over-70s
les plus de 70 ans (People over the age of 70)
a receding hairline
un front qui se dégarnit (Hair loss at the front of the head)
memory loss
la perte de mémoire (Loss of ability to remember information)
Alzheimer's disease
la maladie d'Alzheimer (A neurodegenerative condition affecting memory)
to be at death's door
être à l'article de la mort (To be very close to dying)
to breathe one's last
rendre son dernier soupir (To draw one's final breath / die)
to die a natural death
mourir de mort naturelle (To die from health or age causes rather than violence)
to die an untimely death
mourir prématurément (To die prematurely or unexpectedly early)
to lay out a body
faire la toilette d'un mort (To prepare a deceased body for view or burial)
to lie in state
être exposé solennellement (To be displayed publicly in honor after death)
to be a pall-bearer
porter le cercueil (To help carry a coffin at a funeral)