au-delà
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Preposition
- beyond
- Antonym: en deçà
- Les deux cercles polaires sont les parallèles des régions polaires au-delà desquels il existe au moins une journée où le Soleil ne se lève pas en hiver, et ne se couche pas en été.
- The two polar circles are the parallel lines of the polar regions beyond which there is at least one day when the sun does not rise in winter, and does not set in summer.
- 2021, Zaz, Tout là-haut:
- Au-delà des fourbes apparences, derrière nos loups de circonstance, sous nos masques cousus d’espérance, se cachent les fêlures de l’enfance.
- Beyond deceitful appearances, behind our circumstantial wolves, under our masks sewn with hope, hide the cracks of childhood.
Related terms
Etymology 2
By conversion of the preposition.
Noun
- the afterlife
- Il est allé rejoindre ses proches dans l’au-delà.
- He went to join his loved ones in the afterlife.
Further reading
- “delà”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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