à la place de
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Preposition
[edit]- instead of, in place of
- Synonyms: au lieu de, en lieu et place de
- (colloquial) Ellipsis of si j’étais/j’avais été à la place de... (“if I were/I had been in the shoes of...”).
- À la place de Stéphane, j’aurais accepté le contrat.
- If I had been Stéphane, I would have accepted the contract.