longtemps
See also: long-temps
French
editEtymology
editFrom long + temps, from Old French lonc tans. Ultimately inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos, whence also the English phrase English long time, the French term is a cognate, not a calque, of the English.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editlongtemps
- for a long time; over a long period
- Ça fait longtemps que ton frère habite chez toi ?
- Has your brother been living at your place for a long time?
- C’était comme ça il y a longtemps, mais plus maintenant.
- It was like that a long time ago, but not anymore.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “longtemps”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.