Kilo Lingo

/ajœʁ/

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Translation

elsewhere; moreover (d'ailleurs)

Word origin

From Vulgar Latin in aliore (loco) ('in another place'), from Latin alius ('other'). The adverb means 'elsewhere'; d'ailleurs means 'besides, moreover'.

Origin
Vulgar Latin
Root
alior
English cognates
alias, alien

Examples

, .

I'd prefer to live elsewhere, closer to the sea.

clairement .

His mind was clearly elsewhere during the meeting.

', .

By the way, I wanted to thank you for yesterday.

, .

Let's go eat somewhere else, there are too many people here.

, .

Moreover, I think your idea has a lot of merit.

, -ci .

Let's look for a café somewhere else, this one is too expensive.

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