How is the word au fait translated from French to English

English translation
incidentally
adverb

S'emploie pour ajouter une remarque sur un nouveau sujet.

Used to add a remark about a new subject.

Examples with “au fait”

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  • Au fait, j'ai vu ton frère hier. — Incidentally, I saw your brother yesterday.

  • Le médicament a été découvert accessoirement lors d'autres recherches. — The drug was discovered incidentally during other research.

  • C'est, au fait, la raison pour laquelle je suis parti tôt. — That, incidentally, is why I left early.

  • Son nom est venu accessoirement dans la conversation. — Her name came up incidentally in the conversation.

  • As-tu déjà payé le loyer, au fait ? — Have you paid the rent yet, incidentally?

  • Le défaut est-il apparu accessoirement, ou était-ce prévu ? — Did the fault appear incidentally, or was it planned?

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