ailleurs
French, adverb/a.jœʁ/
ailleurs is spelled A-I-L-L-E-U-R-S (8 letters) and appears 309 times per million words in written French, the 264th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ailleurs is a French adverb meaning “elsewhere; somewhere else” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “En un autre lieu”.
What does ailleurs mean in English?
adverb
- 1
elsewhere; somewhere else
Si vous ne voulez pas que je sois ici, j'irai ailleurs.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. En un autre lieu. 2. Dans un autre passage d’un document.
noun: 1. Endroit se trouvant autre part.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce ailleurs?
- /a.jœʁ/
- /aljɔr/
- /aljœr/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ailleurs
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ailleurs in French?
ailleurs appears 309 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).