🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

toujours

Pronunciation / Transliteration: too-zhoor

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Forever/fəˈrɛv.ər/
adverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Je t'aimerai pour toujours."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    For all future time; for eternity.

    "They promised to be friends forever."
  2. 2

    Used to emphasize that something happens continually or constantly, often implying annoyance.

    "He is forever losing his keys."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'forever' originates from the Old English 'forēfre', which combines 'for' (meaning 'for') and 'ēfre' (meaning 'ever'). It has evolved through Middle English as 'for ever', reflecting a continuous sense of time without end.

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