onques
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French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French onques, from Old French onques, from Latin umquam, unquam.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
onques
Further reading[edit]
- “onques”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French onques.
Adverb[edit]
onques
- ever; at any point in time
- 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, book II, chapter 12:
- ne pouvant rien refuser au commandement du meilleur pere qui fut onques
- Not being able to refuse the request of the greatest father who ever was
- (with ne) never (not at any point in time)
Descendants[edit]
- French: onques
Old French[edit]
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Adverb[edit]
onques
Descendants[edit]
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