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:

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• 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

• alors que
• ça alors
• et alors
• merde alors
• zut alors

 

Descendants

• → Galician: alor
• → Ido: lor

Further reading

• “alors”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.