alors

French

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /a.lɔʁ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔʁ

Adverb

alors

  1. then (at that time)
  2. so, hence (as a consequence)

Interjection

alors

  1. (acknowledgement of previous statement) so, well, well then
    Alors on reste ici ce soir. ― Well then, let's stay here tonight.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Galician: alor
  • → Ido: lor

Further reading

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