longtemps

See also: long-temps

French

Etymology

long +‎ temps, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French lonc tans. Not a calque of English long time, because the first term is inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos, from which the English term also derives.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔ̃.tɑ̃/

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Adverb

longtemps

1. for a long time; over a long period

Further reading

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