ailleurs
French
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /a.jœʁ/
Audio; “d'ailleurs”: (file) - Rhymes: -jœʁ
- (Louisiana) IPA(key): /aljɔr/, /aljœr/
Adverb
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
See also
Further reading
- “ailleurs”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French aillors.
Adverb
ailleurs
Descendants
- French: ailleurs