No. 3,935 in French
aurions
"Aurions" means "would have" (first-person plural conditional form of "avoir").
In a sentence
Nous aurions aimé visiter ce musée, mais il était fermé.
We would have liked to visit this museum, but it was closed.
Conditional mood expressing a hypothetical past action that did not occur.
Si nous avions eu plus de temps, nous aurions exploré toute la ville.
If we had had more time, we would have explored the whole city.
Used in the apodosis of a conditional clause to describe a hypothetical past result.
Aurions-nous dû prendre une autre route pour éviter l'embouteillage?
Should we have taken another route to avoid the traffic jam?
Expressing a hypothetical question concerning a past decision.
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