onques
French
Alternative forms
- onc
- oncques
Etymology
From Middle French onques, from Old French onques, from Latin umquam, unquam.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̃k/
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Adverb
onques
- (obsolete) one day
- (obsolete, used with "ne") never
Further reading
- “onques”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Alternative forms
- oncques
Etymology
From Old French onques.
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)
Descendants
- French: onques
Old French
Alternative forms
- onkes
- unkes
Etymology
From Latin umquam, unquam.
Adverb
onques
- never
Descendants
- French: oncques, onques, onc