puisque

French

Etymology

See puis, que.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɥisk/
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Conjunction

puisque

since, because
Puisqu’il ne sera pas de retour avant cinq heures, je propose que nous commencions sans lui.
- Since he will not be back before 5 o’clock, I suggest we begin without him.

Usage notes

Verbs following puisque do not take the subjunctive
Puisque becomes puisqu' before a vowel.

Further reading

“puisque” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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