naguère

French

Alternative forms

• naguères

Etymology

From the French expression (il) n’(y) a guère (de temps) ("not long ago"), composed of il y a (“ago”) + ne... guère (“hardly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.ɡɛʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛʁ
• Homophone: naguères

Adverb

naguère

1. (obsolete) recently, not long ago
2. (literary) long ago, formerly

   Synonyms: autrefois, jadis, (archaic, Normandy) orains

Further reading

• “naguère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.