presqu'

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French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

presqu’

  1. Apocopic form of presque

Usage notes[edit]

From a prescriptivist point of view, the elided form of the adverb presque should only be used in the term presqu’île (peninsula), but its elision before words beginning with vowels is not uncommon.