/lɔʁsk/
#818 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
when (formal)
Word origin
A contraction of Old French lors ('then', from Latin illa hora 'that hour') and que ('that'). The hora element shares its Latin source with English hour.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- illa hora + que
- English cognates
- hour
Examples
, .
When I arrived, everyone had already left.
.
She was crying when I broke the news to her.
Lorsqu' , .
When you are young, you do not think about retirement.
, orange.
When the sun sets, the sky turns orange.
J' déménagé.
I was still a child when my parents moved house.
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