"comme il faut" meaning in French

See comme il faut in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kɔ.m‿il fo/, /kɔ.mi.fo/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-comme il faut.wav [Lyon]
Etymology: Literally, “as it behoves, as it must be”. Head templates: {{fr-adv}} comme il faut
  1. proper, decent
    Sense id: en-comme_il_faut-fr-adj-QtW8rE0o Categories (other): French terms with collocations

Adverb

IPA: /kɔ.m‿il fo/, /kɔ.mi.fo/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-comme il faut.wav [Lyon]
Etymology: Literally, “as it behoves, as it must be”. Head templates: {{fr-adv}} comme il faut
  1. properly (the way it should be done)
    Sense id: en-comme_il_faut-fr-adv-g0wMMF4P Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 22 71 7
  2. properly, really (intensifier)
    Sense id: en-comme_il_faut-fr-adv-Jum~oDsQ

Download JSON data for comme il faut meaning in French (3.7kB)

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