à l'improviste
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian all'improvvista (“in an unforeseen manner”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a l‿ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vist/
Adverb
à l'improviste
- unexpectedly
Further reading
- “improviste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.