illico
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin īlicō (“on the spot”), from in + ablative of locus (“place”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]illico
- (colloquial) pronto, right away
- Synonym: sur-le-champ
- 1997, “Elle donne son corps avant son nom”, in L'École du micro d'argent, performed by IAM:
- Quoi tu as ton mec ? Nous on est pas jaloux / Deux mètres, cent dix kilos, il s’est pointé / Illico, aussi sec, on est retourné à nos Perriers
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “illico”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈil.li.koː/, [ˈɪlːʲɪkoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈil.li.ko/, [ˈilːiko]
Adverb
[edit]illicō (not comparable)
- Alternative form of ilico
References
[edit]- “illico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- illico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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