où

From Middle French où, from Old French ou, from Latin ubi (“where?”). The grave accent was added in Middle French to differentiate from ou (“or”).

• IPA^(key): /u/

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• Homophones: ou, houe, houes, houx
• Rhymes: -u

où

1. where (interrogative)

   Où est la gare?

   Where is the railway station?

2. where (relative pronoun)

   Dans un monde où l'homme propose et la femme dispose, le célibataire a fait un choix conscient, dont il est pleinement responsable - Jean-Claude Bologne, Histoire du célibat et des célibataires, 2007

   In a world where the man proposes and the woman disposes, the single person has made a conscious choice for which he is fully responsible.

3. At that time; when.

   Au moment où nous parlons, le téléphone sonne.

4. (poetic) whither

   Un ciel plus pur et des dieux meilleurs, je t'offre à Rome où je me rends.

   A poorer heaven and better gods I offer you in Rome, whither I go.

• Où is the only word in the French language that contains the letter u with a grave accent (`).

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

• ou

From Old French ou, from Latin ubi. The grave accent was added in Middle French to differentiate from ou (“or”).

où

1. where

• French: où