illico
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īlicō (“on the spot”), from in + ablative of locus (“place”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.li.ko/
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Adverb
illico
- (colloquial) pronto, right away
- Synonym: sur-le-champ
- 1997, “Elle donne son corps avant son nom”, in L'École du micro d'argent, performed by IAM:
- Quoi tu as ton mec ? Nous on est pas jaloux / Deux mètres, cent dix kilos, il s'est pointé / Illico, aussi sec, on est retourné à nos Perriers
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Derived terms
- illico presto
Further reading
- “illico”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.