où
See also: Variations of "ou"
où - French
Pronunciation
Adverb
où
- where (interrogative)
- Synonym: (Louisiana) éyoù
- Où est la gare?
- Where is the station?
- Où tu vas, là ?
- Hey, where are you going?
- Comment savez-vous où j'habite ?
- How do you know where I live?
- where (relative pronoun)
- at that time; when
- Je ne l'ai pas vu aussi heureux depuis le jour où il est devenu père.
- I haven't seen him so happy since the day [when] he became a father.
- (poetic) whither, to where
- Un ciel plus pur et des dieux meilleurs, je t'offre à Rome où je me rends.
- A purer heaven and better gods I offer you in Rome, whither I go.
Usage notes
- où is the only word in the French language that contains the letter u with a grave accent (`).
Derived terms
où - Middle French
Alternative forms
Adverb
où
Descendants
- French: où