actually
Anglais modifier
Étymologie modifier
Adverbe modifier
actually \ˈæk.tʃu.ə.li\
- En fait.
- Our atmosphere appears blue, but actually it’s due to the refraction of the sunlight hitting the atmosphere.
- Suppose the world was actually governed by classical mechanics. — (Allan Adams, 8:04 Quantum Mechanics — Problem Set 1, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 05/02/2013 → lire en ligne)
- En réalité, en vérité, vraiment.
- He was the first and certainly not the last to point out that BIOS actually stands for “Basic Input/Output System,” not “Built-In Operating System” as I have it here (and as it ought to be); but I feel that I am entitled to trample all other considerations into the dirt in my pursuit of a satisfying pun, so this part of the book is unchanged. — (Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, 1992 (éd. 1993), ISBN 0-553-08853-X)
Variantes modifier
- actially (Non standard)
Apparentés étymologiques modifier
Faux-amis modifier
- Faux-amis en français : actuellement
Prononciation modifier
- \ˈæk.tʃu.ə.li\
- États-Unis : écouter « actually [ˈæk.tʃu.ə.li] »
- \ˈæk.tʃə.li\
- \ˈæk.ʃə.li\ (Non standard)
- Royaume-Uni (Londres) : écouter « actually [Prononciation ?] »
- Texas (États-Unis) : écouter « actually [Prononciation ?] »
- Connecticut (États-Unis) : écouter « actually [Prononciation ?] »