sénile

Inherited from Old French senile, borrowed from Latin senīlis (“relating to old age”), from Latin senex (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”).

• IPA^(key): /se.nil/
• Rhymes: -il
• Homophone: séniles

sénile (plural séniles)

1. senile

   Synonym: gâteux

• sénilité

• → English: senile

• “sénile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• enlies, enlise, enlisé, ensile, ensilé, le sien