toujours

== French == === Alternative forms === toûjours (obsolete) tousjours (obsolete) === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tu.ʒuʁ/ As with most words in -rs, there is no liaison with that which follows, e.g. toujours ici will be pronounced as [tu.ʒu.ʁ‿i.si]. Rhymes: -uʁ === Adverb === toujours always Antonym: jamais Il est toujours en retard. ― He is always late. still Synonym: encore 2010, Björn Larsson, translated from Swedish by Philippe Bouquet, Les poètes morts n'écrivent pas de romans policiers Je suis toujours là. ― I'm still here. Elle n'est toujours pas revenue. ― She still hasn't come back. ==== Usage notes ==== In negative constructions, the position of the negating element pas is different in each sense: pas toujours ― not always toujours pas ― still not ==== Derived terms ==== cause toujours de toujours depuis toujours encore et toujours toujours est-il que === Further reading === “toujours”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Swedish == === Etymology === From French "toujours (aimable)". Attested since 1840. === Adjective === toujours (rare, only used predicatively) sociable and nice === References === toujours in Svensk ordbok (SO) toujours in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)