longtemps
Meaning
for a long time; over a long period
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/lɔ̃.tɑ̃/
Etymology
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.
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