overwordExplorer
FRENCH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

toujours.

always

8 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

adv/tu.ʒuʁ/

  1. always

    Il est toujours en retard.
    Parfois, peut-être même souvent, mais certainement pas toujours

  2. still

    Je suis toujours là.
    Elle n'est toujours pas revenue.
Where this word comes from

From Middle French tousjours, from Old French toz jorz, tuzjurz (“without ceasing”, literally “all days”). By surface analysis, tous + jours (compare Dutch altijd (“always”), Danish altid (“always”)). Replaced Old French sempres (“always”), from Latin semper. Cognate with Catalan and Occitan totjorn.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

toujours has 8 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

toujours studiotoujours workshello, toujours

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.