aucun

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French alcun, from Vulgar Latin *alicunus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin aliquī + unus.

Cognate with Italian alcuno, Spanish alguno, Galician algún, Portuguese algum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.kœ̃/

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Adjective

aucun (feminine aucune, masculine plural aucuns, feminine plural aucunes)

1. no, none, not any

   Il n'a aucun désir de construire des temples.

   He hasn't any desire to build temples.

Usage notes

• Because of its meaning, the forms aucuns and aucunes are only used in archaic constructions

Derived terms

• aucunement
• d’aucuns

Pronoun

aucun m (feminine aucune)

1. none, no-one

   Aucun d'entre eux n'a été capable de répondre.

   No one among them could give an answer.

Further reading

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

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Old French

Alternative forms

• alcun
• ascun

Etymology

Late Latin alquunus.

Adjective

aucun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular aucune)

1. any
   • circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:

     Sachiez, ce mes oncles m'esforce
     Que je preigne mari a force,
     Je m'enfuirai en aucun leu

     Know that if my uncle forces me
     To take a husband against my will
     I will flee to any place [but here]

2. (used with "ne") none; not any