à nouveau

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a nu.vo/
  • Audio (Paris); à nouveau :(file)

Adverb

à nouveau

  1. once more, once again, in a different manner, on a new basis
    Synonym: de nouveau

Usage notes

  • Although informal French and some recent dictionaries tend to ignore it, traditional usage establishes a nuance between à nouveau and de nouveau. “Expliquer à nouveau (quelque chose)” means to explain (something) in a different way, on a new basis, as if it were the first time. “Expliquer de nouveau simply means to explain it once again.

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