à la place de

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a la plas də/
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Preposition

à la place de

  1. instead of, in place of
    Synonyms: au lieu de, en lieu et place de
  2. (colloquial) ellipsis of si j'étais/j'avais été à la place de... (“if I were/I had been in the shoes of...”)
    À la place de Stéphane, j'aurais accepté le contrat.
    If I had been Stéphane, I would have accepted the contract.

Derived terms

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