là-haut
/la.o/
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Translation
up there
Word origin
A compound of the adverb là ('there', from Latin illac) and haut ('high', from Latin altus). The whole means 'high up there'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- là + haut
Examples
-, .
Look up there, there is a bird on the roof.
- colline .
The house up there on the hill is for sale.
-, montagne.
It is colder up there, in the mountains.
- -, .
My grandparents live up there, near the lake.
-- - ?
How do you get up there?
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