onques
French
Etymology
From Middle French onques, from Old French onques, from Latin umquam, unquam.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̃k/
Further reading
- “onques” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French onques.
Alternative forms
Adverb
onques
- ever; at any point in time
- 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, book II, chapter 12:
- ne pouvant rien refuser au commandement du meilleur pere qui fut onques
- Not being able to refuse the request of the greatest father who ever was
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- (with ne) never (not at any point in time)
Old French
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