"toujours" meaning in French

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Adverb

IPA: /tu.ʒuʁ/ Audio: Fr-toujours.ogg
Rhymes: -uʁ Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|frm|tousjours}} Middle French tousjours, {{uder|fr|fro|toz jorz}} Old French toz jorz, {{m|fro|tuzjurz||without ceasing|lit=all days}} tuzjurz (“without ceasing”, literally “all days”), {{surf|fr|tous|jours}} By surface analysis, tous + jours, {{cog|nl|altijd||always}} Dutch altijd (“always”), {{cog|da|altid||always}} Danish altid (“always”), {{m+|fro|sempres||always}} Old French sempres (“always”), {{m+|la|semper}} Latin semper Head templates: {{fr-adv}} toujours
  1. always
    Sense id: en-toujours-fr-adv-nNxsR6oZ
  2. still Synonyms: encore
    Sense id: en-toujours-fr-adv-lOhWbd~B Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: toûjours [obsolete], tousjours [obsolete] Derived forms: cause toujours, de toujours, depuis toujours, encore et toujours, toujours est-il que

Alternative forms

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