vellesa

== Catalan == === Etymology === From vell +‎ -esa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [bəˈʎe̞.zə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [vəˈʎə.zə] IPA(key): (Central) [bəˈʎɛ.zə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [veˈʎe.za] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [beˈʎe.za] Homophone: bellesa === Noun === vellesa f (plural velleses) old age === Further reading === Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “vellesa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) “vellesa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “vellesa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026