d'abord que
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d‿a.bɔʁ kə/
Preposition
- (archaic or regional) as soon as
- 1926, Marcel Aymé, Brûlebois, Éditions Gallimard, chap. II, 1975 ed., p. 26
- Or, il advint qu’un jeudi du mois d’avril 1919, Léonard Beudot présenta aux Reboudin, déjà attablés, un front soucieux qui fut remarqué d’abord qu’il entra.
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- 1926, Marcel Aymé, Brûlebois, Éditions Gallimard, chap. II, 1975 ed., p. 26
- (regional) as long as, since
- 1987, Michel Tremblay, Le Vrai Monde? (play), Leméac, p. 44,
- Quand a’ l’ouvre la porte pis qu’a’ sort d’la scène, a’ l’arrête d’exister pour toi pis tu t’en sacres, d’abord que t’as écrit des belles scènes!
- When she [a fictional character in a play] opens the door and gets off the stage, she vanishes into nothing and you could care less, since/as long as you wrote some nice scenes!
- 1987, Michel Tremblay, Le Vrai Monde? (play), Leméac, p. 44,
Synonyms
- [1] (as soon as): See dès que
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