alors

French

Etymology

From Old French a +‎ lors. Compare Italian allora and Catalan aleshores.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lɔʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔʁ

Adverb

alors

1. then (at that time) (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. so; hence (as a consequence) (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• alors que
• et alors

• merde alors
• zut alors

Descendants

• → Galician: alor

Further reading

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