Qu'au (en. That at)

/ko/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

conjunction

Establishes a condition or restriction.

It will be nice, only in August.

Il fera beau, qu'au mois d'août.

Used to express a restriction in a sentence.

Only at the price of his work did he succeed.

Qu'au prix de son travail, il a réussi.

Indicates that something happens only under certain conditions.

You can go out, only when you have finished your homework.

Tu peux sortir, qu'au moment où tu as fini tes devoirs.

Derived from the contraction of 'que' and 'à'.

at the bottom of it

Used to speak of a hidden truth or reality.

qu'au fond

instead of

Indicates an alternative or different option.

qu'au lieu de

at the moment when

Expresses an event that occurs at the same time.

qu'au moment où

even if

Indicates a difficult hypothesis, equivalent to 'even if.'

quand bien même

provided that

Expresses a stipulation or requirement.

à condition

until

Indicates a temporal or conditional limit.

jusqu'à ce que

Used to emphasize a limiting condition.

He will not come, only at the last minute.

Il ne viendra pas, qu'au dernière minute.

An informal way to talk about exceptions.

Only if you want to, you can come, but not otherwise.

Qu'au, si tu veux, tu peux venir, mais pas autrement.