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French
Etymology
Compare Italian di buon'ora.
Pronunciation
Adverb
de bonne heure
- 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."
- early in the morning
- Synonym: de bon matin