Adding

voire

FormalC1

What follows

voire + a noun

Function

Adding

Meaning

Adds an EXTREME case, considered on top of the previous one.

Position and punctuation

within the sentence · a comma before

Example

Le délai sera de plusieurs semaines, voire de plusieurs mois.

The wait will be several weeks, or even several months.

In the DELF

the C1 synthesis

The trap

Voire ends in e and has nothing to do with the verb voir: "voir même" is a frequent spelling mistake. And voire stands alone: "voire même" is a pleonasm that markers notice.

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Same function