ailleurs
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French ailleurs, from Old French aillors, aillurs (“elsewhere”), probably from Latin aliōrsum, or from a Vulgar Latin *aliore, from in *aliore loco. Possibly connected to Latin aliubī, from alibī. Compare with Occitan alhors, Portuguese alhures and Romanian aiurea.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
ailleurs
- elsewhere; somewhere else
- Synonym: autre part
- Si vous ne voulez pas que je sois ici, j’irai ailleurs.
- If you don't want me here, I'll go elsewhere.
- nulle part ailleurs ― nowhere else
- partout ailleurs ― everywhere else
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “ailleurs”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French aillors.
Adverb edit
ailleurs
Descendants edit
- French: ailleurs