aucun
French
Etymology
From Old French alcun, from Vulgar Latin aliquunum or alicunus, from Latin aliquem + unum.[1]
Cognate with Italian alcuno, Spanish alguno, Galician algún, Portuguese algum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.kœ̃/
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Usage notes
Derived terms
Pronoun
aucun m (feminine aucune)
References
- Dauzat, Albert; Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964), “aucun”, in Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse
Further reading
- “aucun” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
Adjective
aucun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular aucune)
- any
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:
- Sachiez, ce mes oncles m'esforce
Que je preigne mari a force,
Je m'enfuirai en aucun leu- Know that if my uncle forces me
To take a husband against my will
I will flee to any place [but here]
- Know that if my uncle forces me
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- (used with "ne") none; not any
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