English-French translations for always

• toujours
  C'est toujours le cas et ce le sera toujours. That is always the case and always will be.
  Le crime a toujours existé et existera toujours. There always has been and always will be crime.
  On ne peut pas toujours tomber juste. We cannot always get it right.
• constamment
  Voilà ce que nous devons constamment garder à l'esprit. That is what we must always bear in mind.
  La Tchétchénie doit constamment figurer à l’ordre du jour. Chechnya must always be there on the agenda.
  Vous demandez constamment à la Commission de réfléchir. You are always calling on the Commission to consider things.
• sans cesse
  Nous parlons sans cesse d'énergies renouvelables. We always talk about renewable energy.
  On ne peut sans cesse exiger quelque chose pour, ensuite, y opposer un refus. We cannot always demand something and then subsequently say no.
  Nous parlons sans cesse d'efficacité énergétique, mais nous faisons tout le contraire. We always talk about energy efficiency, but we do exactly the opposite.

Definition of always

• At all times; throughout all time; since the beginning
• Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally
• In any event

Examples

• God is always the same
• Green has always been my favorite color. I’ve loved it for as long as I can remember
• Airplanes did not always exist as a form of transportation
• In this street, the shops always close during lunchtime
• I thought I could always go back to work

Related words

• always effective
• the grass is always greener on the other side
• a bad workman always blames his tools
• a bad penny always turns up
• the customer is always right
• as always
• it's always better than nothing
• once a drunkard, always a drunkard
• once a thief, always a thief