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Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ora (“now”) + mai (“ever, never”). Compare Piedmontese oramai, French désormais.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /orˈmaj/
- Rhymes: -aj
- Hyphenation: or‧mài
Adverb
ormai
- by now, by this time, now, at this point, by then
- Synonym: a questo punto
- Sarà a Parigi, ormai. ― She will be in Paris by now.
- La pizza non dovrebbe essere qui ormai? ― Shouldn't the pizza be here by now?
- already, yet
- Synonym: già
- nearly, almost
- Synonym: quasi
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