voilà

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French voilà

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voilà

  1. "Lo! There it is", ta-da, presto

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[edit] French

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From vois là, 'look there'.

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voilà

  1. 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
  2. Here is.
    Voilà le fromage
    Here's the cheese
  3. That is.
    Voilà ce que je lui ai demandé, et voici sa réponse : « ... »
    That's what I asked her and this is her answer: "..."

[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).

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