avoir lieu

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.vwaʁ ljø/
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Verb

avoir lieu

  1. to take place, happen
    Synonym: arriver
    • 1910, H. G. Wells, translated by Henry-D. Davray and B. Kozakiewicz, La Guerre dans les airs [The War in the Air], Paris: Mercure de France:
      La généralité des Américains s’imaginaient la guerre d’après les campagnes limitées, avantageuses et pittoresques, qui avaient eu lieu autrefois.
      The common Americans fancied war to be the limited, picturesque, and adventurous campaigns that had taken place in earlier days.

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