French word

ores

Pronunciation

IPA/ɔʁ/

Meaning

  • adverbso

Example

Il n'avait pas étudié, ores il échoua à l'examen.

He had not studied, so he failed the exam.

Illustration for ores (so)

More examples

Le critique note que ores s'emploie dans un registre littéraire pour marquer la conséquence.

The critic notes that ores is used in a literary register to mark consequence.

Core concept

A logical bridge carrying a preceding assertion into its consequence.

Similar words

donc: Shows that a result follows from what was just stated.
alors: Shows the result or next action arising from the situation.
de ce fait: Indicates that something happens as a result of a preceding fact.

Definition in French

Marque une conséquence logique d'une assertion précédente, de registre plutôt soutenu ou vieilli.

Word origin

The adverb ores is inherited through Old French from Latin hora, 'hour'; its earlier temporal sense 'now' developed into a logical connective meaning 'therefore'.

Usage tips

  • Ores is mainly formal, literary, or old-fashioned, while modern French usually uses donc or par conséquent.

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