ailleurs
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French ailleurs, from Old French aillors, aillurs (“elsewhere”), probably from Latin aliōrsum, or from a Vulgar Latin *aliore, from in *aliore loco. Possibly connected to Latin aliubī, from alibī. Compare with Occitan alhors, Portuguese alhures and Romanian aiurea.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]ailleurs
- elsewhere; somewhere else
- Synonym: autre part
- Si vous ne voulez pas que je sois ici, j’irai ailleurs.
- If you don't want me here, I'll go elsewhere.
- nulle part ailleurs ― nowhere else
- partout ailleurs ― everywhere else
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ailleurs”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French aillors.
Adverb
[edit]ailleurs
Descendants
[edit]- French: ailleurs
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