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aucunes

no (plural feminine form)

determiner oh-KOON Rare

Usage Note

Aucunes is the plural feminine form of the negative determiner aucun/aucune, used only in fixed expressions or with nouns that exist only in the plural, such as aucunes funérailles or aucunes fiançailles. Outside these set phrases the singular aucune is used instead. Learners rarely encounter aucunes in everyday speech.

Examples

"Il n'avait aucunes nouvelles de sa famille."

Natural Translation

He had no news from his family.

Literal Translation

He not-had no-ones news of his family.

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