Grammatical class

Adverb

tantôt

soon, shortly (used with the present tense)

Details

Syllables

tan-tôt

Phonetics

tɑ̃.to

Grammatical class

Adverb

Freq. (books)

27018

Freq. (movies)

52982

Freq. (news)

10127

Sentences

On l’a vu tantôt.

We just saw him.

A1

On le voit tantôt.

We're seeing him shortly.

A1

Je t'en dirai peut-être plus tantôt.

Maybe I'll tell you more later.

A1

Je suis tantôt optimiste, tantôt pessimiste.

I am by turns an optimist and a pessimist.

A1

As-tu vu le coucher de soleil tantôt ? C'était vraiment beau.

Did you see the sunset earlier? It was really beautiful.

A1

Ne sachant avec quel prétendant elle voulait se marier, la princesse hésitait, nommant tantôt l'un, tantôt l'autre.

Unsure of which suitor she wanted to marry, the princess vacillated, saying now one, now the other.

A1

Il était tantôt adulé, tantôt critiqué.

He was sometimes lauded, sometimes criticized; he was both lauded and criticized.

B2

Tes excentricités peuvent te rendre tantôt charmant ou ennuyeux.

Your eccentricities can make you either charming or tedious.

C1