ailleurs

French

Etymology

From Middle French ailleurs, from Old French aillors, aillurs (“elsewhere”), probably from Latin aliōrsum, or from a Vulgar Latin *aliore, from in *aliore loco. Or possibly connected to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin aliubī, from alibī. Compare with Romanian aiurea and Portuguese alhures.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.jœʁ/

• Audio (d'ailleurs):

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• Rhymes: -jœʁ
• IPA^(key): /aljɔr/, /aljœr/

Adverb

ailleurs

1. elsewhere; somewhere else

   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

• d’ailleurs
• par ailleurs

Further reading

• “ailleurs”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French aillors.

Adverb

ailleurs

1. elsewhere

Descendants

• French: ailleurs