toujours
French, adverb/tu.ʒuʁ/
toujours is spelled T-O-U-J-O-U-R-S (8 letters) and appears 871 times per million words in written French, the 108th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Toujours is a French adverb meaning “always” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “En tout temps, continuellement, sans cesse, sans relâche, sans fin”.
What does toujours mean in English?
adverb
- 1
always
Il est toujours en retard.
- 2
still
Je suis toujours là.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. En tout temps, continuellement, sans cesse, sans relâche, sans fin. 2. Le plus souvent ; habituellement ; ordinairement. 3. Comme par le passé. 4. Sans exception ; en toute rencontre ; en toute occasion.
adverb: 1. Orthographe ancienne, archaïque, de toujours.
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.
Forms of toujours
- toûjours alternative obsolete
- tousjours alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce toujours?
- /tu.ʒuʁ/
- \tu.ʒuʁ\
- [tu.ʒuʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to toujours
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is toujours in French?
toujours appears 871 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).