alors

== French == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.lɔʁ/ Rhymes: -ɔʁ === Adverb === alors then (at that time) so, hence (as a consequence) === Interjection === alors (acknowledgement of previous statement) so, well, well then Alors on reste ici ce soir. ― Well then, let's stay here tonight. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: alò → Galician: alor → Ido: lor === Further reading === “alors”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012