"alors" meaning in French

See alors in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /a.lɔʁ/ Audio: Fr-alors.ogg
Rhymes: -ɔʁ 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. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|alors|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French alors, {{inh+|fr|frm|alors}} Inherited from Middle French alors, {{inh|fr|fro|alors}} Old French alors, {{der|fr|fro|a}} Old French a, {{cog|it|allora}} Italian allora, {{cog|es|alora}} Spanish alora, {{cog|oc|alara}} Occitan alara, {{cog|ca|aleshores}} Catalan aleshores Head templates: {{fr-adv}} alors
  1. then (at that time)
    Sense id: en-alors-fr-adv-WxZPpoRq Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 98 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 2 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2 1
  2. so, hence (as a consequence)
    Sense id: en-alors-fr-adv-WDQnH0Hc

Interjection

IPA: /a.lɔʁ/ Audio: Fr-alors.ogg
Rhymes: -ɔʁ 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. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|alors|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French alors, {{inh+|fr|frm|alors}} Inherited from Middle French alors, {{inh|fr|fro|alors}} Old French alors, {{der|fr|fro|a}} Old French a, {{cog|it|allora}} Italian allora, {{cog|es|alora}} Spanish alora, {{cog|oc|alara}} Occitan alara, {{cog|ca|aleshores}} Catalan aleshores
  1. (acknowledgement of previous statement) so, well, well then Derived forms: alors que, ça alors, et alors, merde alors, zut alors
    Sense id: en-alors-fr-intj-5N6ons2T

Alternative forms

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