actually
Étymologie
[modifier le wikicode]Adverbe
[modifier le wikicode]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.
— (lien=https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/8-04-quantum-physics-i-spring-2013/assignments/MIT8_04S13_ps1.pdf)- Allan Adams, 8:04 Quantum Mechanics — Problem Set 1, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 05/02/2013
- 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 le wikicode]- actially (Non standard)
Apparentés étymologiques
[modifier le wikicode]Faux-amis
[modifier le wikicode]- Faux-amis en français : actuellement
Prononciation
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