de bonne heure

French

Etymology

Compare Italian di buon'ora.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /də bɔn œʁ/
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Adverb

de bonne heure

  1. in advance; ahead of time
    Synonym: tôt
    • 1913, Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann [Swann's Way] (À la recherche du temps perdu):
      Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure. Parfois, à peine ma bougie éteinte, mes yeux se fermaient si vite que je n’avais pas le temps de me dire : « Je m’endors. »
      For a long time I used to go to bed early. Sometimes, when I had put out my candle, my eyes would close so quickly that I had not even time to say "I'm going to sleep."
      translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff
  2. early in the morning
    Synonym: de bon matin
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