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encore

/ɑ̃.kɔʁ/

adverb/ɑ̃.kɔʁ/

still; more; again; (not) yet; (never) before; again (following a question)

Êtes-vous encore là?Are you still there?

Synonyms: toujours, davantage, à nouveau, déjà

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).