voilà
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See also voila
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[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Interjection
voilà
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[edit] French
[edit] Pronunciation
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From vois là, 'look there'.
[edit] Verb
voilà
- There is.
- Voilà l’homme tout entier, s’en prenant à sa chaussure alors que c’est son pied le coupable. — Beckett, Samuel
- There is man in his entirety, blaming his shoe when his foot is guilty. — Beckett, Samuel
- Voilà l’homme tout entier, s’en prenant à sa chaussure alors que c’est son pied le coupable. — Beckett, Samuel
- Here is.
- Voilà le fromage
- Here's the cheese
- Voilà le fromage
- That is.
- Voilà ce que je lui ai demandé, et voici sa réponse : « ... »
- That's what I asked her and this is her answer: "..."
- Voilà ce que je lui ai demandé, et voici sa réponse : « ... »
[edit] Usage notes
- Voilà is a defective verb; its only conjugation is in the present indicative tense, even though it can appear in phrases that imply another tense.
- It is mainly used to introduce a slightly distant person or object, in contrast to voici, used to designate a person or object near the speaker.
- In face-to-face conversations where both participants can see the subject of the conversation, voilà often supersedes voici (thus its additional definition: Here is).
