French word

voilà

Pronunciation

IPA/vwala/

Meaning

  • adverbhere's

Example

Regardez, voilà le menu.

Look, here's the menu.

Illustration for voilà (here's)

More examples

Tiens, voilà ton café.

Here is your coffee.

Core concept

A speaker points something out, presents it, or points to the result of an explanation with one compact gesture.

Common phrases

  • et voilà

    And there you are

  • voilà tout

    That's all

  • voilà pourquoi

    That's why

Similar words

voici: Used to point out something at hand or information just presented.
alors: Used to connect the flow of events to a next action or conclusion.
donc: Used to state a logical result or conclusion drawn from the circumstances.
enfin: Used to mark a conclusion or bring an explanation to a close.

Definition in French

Sert à signaler la présence d'une chose ou la conclusion d'une remarque, et à accompagner la présentation ou la remise d'un objet.

Word origin

Voilà is formed from the imperative vois ('see') and là ('there'), a combination that became a fixed form for pointing something out.

Usage tips

  • Voilà commonly introduces a noun phrase directly, as in voilà le menu, without a separate French verb equivalent to English 'here is'.

Other meanings

  • there you gointerjection
  • here you areinterjection
  • there isadverb

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