"selon" meaning in French

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Preposition

IPA: /sə.lɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-selon.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Old French selunc, from earlier solonc, sulonc, sulunc, probably from a Vulgar Latin *sublungum, from Latin sub + longum, possibly a calque of Frankish *galang (“according, depending, relating to”). Alternatively from a supposed Old French *seon or from son (itself from Latin secundum; compare Old Occitan segon), later crossed with long, lonc. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|selunc|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French selunc, {{inh+|fr|fro|selunc}} Inherited from Old French selunc, {{m|fro|solonc}} solonc, {{m|fro|sulonc}} sulonc, {{m|fro|sulunc}} sulunc, {{inh|fr|VL.||*sublungum}} Vulgar Latin *sublungum, {{inh|fr|la|sub}} Latin sub, {{m|la|longum}} longum, {{calque|fr|frk|*galang|nocap=1|t=according, depending, relating to}} calque of Frankish *galang (“according, depending, relating to”), {{m|fro||*seon}} *seon, {{m|fro|son}} son, {{m|la|secundum}} secundum, {{cog|pro|segon}} Old Occitan segon, {{m|fro|long}} long, {{m|fro|lonc}} lonc Head templates: {{fr-prep}} selon
  1. according to; whichever applies; depending on Derived forms: selon que
    Sense id: en-selon-fr-prep-B-5rYCG6 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French prepositions

Download JSON data for selon meaning in French (3.6kB)

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