longtemps

See also: long-temps

French

Etymology

long +‎ temps, from Old French lonc tans. Not a calque of English long time, because the first term is inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos, from which the English term also derives.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɔ̃.tɑ̃/
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Adverb

longtemps

for a long time; over a long period

Further reading

“longtemps” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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