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French
Etymology
From Old French alcun, from Vulgar Latin *alicunus, from Latin aliquī + unus.
Cognate with Italian alcuno, Spanish alguno, Galician algún, Portuguese algum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.kœ̃/, (in liaison) /o.kœ̃.n‿/
- Rhymes: -œ̃
Determiner
aucun m (feminine aucune, masculine plural aucuns, feminine plural aucunes)
- (with ne) no, none, not any
Il n’a aucun désir de construire des temples.- He has no desire to build temples.
Usage notes
- The plural forms aucuns and aucunes are now uncommon and are only used with pluralia tantum (e.g. aucuns frais "no fees," as frais has no singular), nouns that change meaning in the plural, and multiple things considered together (e.g. aucuns deux lieux "no two places").
Derived terms
Descendants
- Saint Dominican Creole French:
Pronoun
aucun m (feminine aucune)
- (with ne) none, no-one
Aucun d’entre eux n’a été capable de répondre.- No one among them could give an answer.
Aucun de ses amis ne sait où il est.- None of his friends knows where he is.
References
- ^ Dauzat, Albert with Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964) “aucun”, in Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse
Further reading
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *alicūnus.
Adjective
aucun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular aucune)
- any
- (used with "ne") none; not any