tantôt
Meanings
Adverb
1. soon, shortly (used with the present tense)
2. sometimes (when doubled or multipled, suggesting contrasting possibilities each as likely to happen or happening as frequently as the others)
3. this afternoon
4. within a short time of now, either earlier or later (dated or Quebec, Belgium, Normandy, dated)
Examples10
On le verra tantôt.
We'll be seeing him shortly.
On le voit tantôt.
We're seeing him shortly.
On l'a vu tantôt.
We just saw him.
Il était tantôt adulé, tantôt critiqué.
He was sometimes lauded, sometimes criticized; he was both lauded and criticized.
Je peux être tantôt ton ange, tantôt ton démon.
I can be your angel or your devil.
Je suis tantôt optimiste, tantôt pessimiste.
I am by turns an optimist and a pessimist.