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ailleurs.

elsewhere; somewhere else

8 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

adv/a.jœʁ//aljɔr/Louisiana/aljœr/Louisiana
  1. elsewhere; somewhere else

    Si vous ne voulez pas que je sois ici, j'irai ailleurs.
    nulle part ailleurs
Where this word comes from

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.

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