depuis
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From de + puis. From Middle French depuis, from Old French depuis. Compare Portuguese depois (“after”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /də.pɥi/
audio (file)
- (Louisiana) IPA(key): /de.pi/, /dɑ̃.pɥi/, /dɑ̃.py/, /də.py/
- (Wallonia) IPA(key): /də.pwi/
- Rhymes: -ɥi
Preposition[edit]
depuis
- since
- On habite ici depuis l’an 2000.
- We've lived here since the year 2000.
- since, ever since
- Depuis son arrivée à la tête du Barça, l’entraîneur catalan a tout gagné.
- Ever since he took the helm of Barça, the Catalan coach has won everything.
- (regarding time) for ~
- Je vis ici depuis trois ans.
- I've lived here for three years.
- (regarding time) for the last ~, over the past ~
- Le Marché Monétaire et Ses Crises depuis Cinquante Ans
- The Money Market and Its Crises over the Last Fifty Years
- from
- Le train part depuis Stockholm.
- The train leaves from Stockholm.
- 2020 September 6, “Etats-Unis : ‘J’ai mal quand je respire’, dit Jacob Blake depuis son lit d’hôpital” (“United States: ‘It hurts when I breathe’, says Jacob Blake from his hospital bed”), L’Express.
Derived terms[edit]
Adverb[edit]
depuis
- (informal) ever since, since then
- Synonyms: depuis lors, entre-temps
- Depuis, je vis ici.
- Since then, I've been living here.
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “depuis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French depuis.
Preposition[edit]
depuis
Descendants[edit]
- French: depuis
References[edit]
- depuis on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (depuis, supplement)
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