depuis

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French

Etymology

From de + puis. From Middle French depuis, from Old French depuis. Compare Spanish después (after).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /də.pɥi/
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  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Louisiana" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /de.pi/, /dɑ̃.pɥi/, /dɑ̃.py/, /də.py/
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  • Rhymes: -ɥi

Preposition

depuis

  1. since
    On habite ici depuis l’an 2000.
    We've lived here since the year 2000.
  2. 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.
  3. (regarding time) for ~
    Je vis ici depuis trois ans.
    I've lived here for three years.
  4. (regarding time) for the last ~, over the past ~
    Le Marché Monétaire et Ses Crisis depuis Cinquante Ans
    The Money Market and Its Crisis over the Last Fifty Years
  5. from
    Le train part depuis Stockholm.
    The train leaves from Stockholm.

Derived terms

Adverb

depuis

  1. (informal) ever since, since then
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
    Synonym: depuis lors

See also

Further reading


Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French depuis.

Preposition

depuis

  1. since

Descendants

  • French: depuis

References

  • 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)