aussitôt

/o.si.to/

adverb B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adv Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. immediately, as soon as

Similar words

incessamment

aussitôt and incessamment are close synonyms for "immediately"; incessamment leans toward "very soon," aussitôt toward immediately after something else happens.

Similar in other languages

German

sogleich

sogleich is the German word for the same thing — both mean "at once, immediately."

German

nunmehr

Close — immediately, as soon as relates to "now, by now."

Practice

1 What does aussitôt mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___ arrivé, il a téléphoné.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches aussitôt?

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