jusque

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French jusque, from Latin inde + ūsque. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʒysk/ === Preposition === jusque until, up to ==== Usage notes ==== The final -e is always elided when the next word begins with a vowel sound. jusque is never used in isolation in more standard varieties of modern French, where it is only used as the first element in prepositional, adverbial and conjunctive locutions. Most commonly, it fuses with the preposition à in the form jusqu'à. In other common uses, it pairs with another preposition (e.g. jusqu'après, jusque chez, jusque dans, jusqu'en, jusque sur, etc.) and with the adverbs alors, ici, là and où, hence jusqu'alors, jusqu'ici, jusque-là and jusqu'où. A now dated or literary construction saw jusque used without à (or another preposition) when subordinating an adverb of time or place that was itself modified by an intensifying adverb (assez, aussi, bien, fort, si, très). jusqu'assez récemment ― until very recently jusque très avant dans la nuit ― until very late in the night jusque bien haut au-dessus des nuages ― up to a very high altitude above the clouds The alternative form jusques, once commonly used when the first letter of the following word begins with a vowel sound, has fallen far into disuse. See usage notes for jusques ==== Derived terms ==== === References === == Old French == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === From Latin inde + ūsque. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (early) /ˈd͡ʒys.kʷə/ IPA(key): (late) /ˈʒys.kə/ === Preposition === jusque as far as, until ==== Descendants ==== French: jusque === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “jusque”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. Godefroy, Frédéric. Dictionnaire de l'ancienne Langue Française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (dusque [1]) “jusque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012