longtemps

Betekenis

for a long time; over a long period

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/lɔ̃.tɑ̃/

Etimologie

From long + temps, from Old French lonc tans. Ultimately inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos, whence also the English phrase English long time, the French term is a cognate, not a calque, of the English.

Sinne

Je ne puis demeurer loin de toi plus longtemps .

I can no longer remain far from you."

À quoi ça sert d’attendre plus longtemps ?

What's the point of waiting longer?