dunque

Italian

Alternative forms

adunque (literary)

Etymology

From Old Italian dunche, donqua, adunche, adonqua, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin dunc, ad tunc, or *dumque (a combination of dum and unquam).[1]
Alternatively, from Late Latin dunc, which is probably a combination of *dumque and tunc.[2]

Cognate with French donc and Old Spanish doncas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdunkwe/, [ˈd̪uŋ.kwe]
Hyphenation: dùn‧que

Adverb

dunque

then, afterwards
hence, therefore, thus

Conjunction

dunque

so

References

Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951
“Treccani.it”, in Treccani‎ (in Italian), Istituto Treccani, accessed 2009-07-19

Ligurian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdunkwe/, [ˈd̪uŋ.kwe]
Hyphenation: dùn‧que

Adverb

dunque

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