onques

French

Alternative forms

• onc
• oncques

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French onques, from Old French onques, from Latin umquam, unquam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̃k/

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Adverb

onques

1. (obsolete) one day
2. (obsolete, used with "ne") never

Further reading

• “onques”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Alternative forms

• oncques

Etymology

From Old French onques.

Adverb

onques

1. ever; at any point in time
   • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, book II, chapter 12:

     ne pouvant rien refuser au commandement du meilleur pere qui fut onques

     Not being able to refuse the request of the greatest father who ever was

2. (with ne) never (not at any point in time)

Descendants

• French: onques

Old French

Alternative forms

• onkes
• unkes

Etymology

From Latin umquam, unquam.

Adverb

onques

1. never

Descendants

• French: oncques, onques, onc