alors
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French alors, from Old French alors, a leurs, allors, alores, alour, alore, alora (also as enlor, enlora, etc.), from Old French a + lors. Compare Italian allora, Spanish alora, Occitan alara and Catalan aleshores.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
alors
Interjection edit
alors
- (acknowledgement of previous statement) so, well, well then
- Alors on reste ici ce soir. ― Well then, let's stay here tonight.
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Further reading edit
- “alors”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.