quadragénaire

Learned borrowing from Latin quadrāgēnārius.

• IPA^(key): /ka.dʁa.ʒe.nɛʁ/, (sometimes proscribed) /kwa.dʁa.ʒe.nɛʁ/

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quadragénaire (plural quadragénaires)

1. aged between forty and forty-nine

quadragénaire m or f by sense (plural quadragénaires)

1. fortysomething, quadragenarian (person whose age is between forty and forty-nine)

   Synonym: (clipping, informal) quadra

   Coordinate terms: trentenaire, quinquagénaire, sexagénaire

• quadra

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