"où" meaning in French

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Adverb

IPA: /u/
Rhymes: -u Etymology: Inherited from Middle French où, from Old French ou, from Latin ubi (“where?”). The grave accent was added in Middle French to differentiate from ou (“or”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|où|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French où, {{inh+|fr|frm|où}} Inherited from Middle French où, {{inh|fr|fro|ou}} Old French ou, {{inh|fr|la|ubi||where?}} Latin ubi (“where?”) Head templates: {{fr-adv}} où
  1. where (interrogative) Synonyms: éyoù
    Sense id: en-où-fr-adv-k5qGpZ4h
  2. where (relative pronoun)
    Sense id: en-où-fr-adv-baRHT18J
  3. at that time; when
    Sense id: en-où-fr-adv-SMPrTuFP Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 95 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 1 93 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 96 2
  4. (poetic) whither, to where Tags: poetic
    Sense id: en-où-fr-adv-GR~Z5PWP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: n’importe où

Alternative forms

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