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encore.

still

6 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

adv/ɑ̃.kɔʁ/

  1. still

    Êtes-vous encore là?

  2. more

    Voulez-vous encore du pain ?
    Tu en veux encore?

  3. again

    Écris-le encore une fois!

  4. (not) yet; (never) before

    Je n'ai pas encore fini.

  5. again (following a question)

    Alsace
Where this word comes from

Probably from Old French ancor, from Late Latin in hanc hōram (“until this hour”). Compare Catalan and Occitan encara, Italian ancora. Sense 5 is a semantic loan from German noch (adverb).

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