Meaning

  1. still
  2. more
  3. again
  4. (not) yet; (never) before
  5. (Alsace) again (following a question)

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ/
Etymology

In summary

Probably from Old French ancor, from Late Latin in hanc hōram (“until this hour”). Compare Catalan and Occitan encara, Italian ancora. Sense 5 is a semantic loan from German noch (adverb).

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