aprés

See also: apres, après, and âpres

English

Preposition

aprés

1. Nonstandard spelling of apres.
2. Nonstandard spelling of après.
   • 2004, Brian Thacker, The Naked Man Festival [1]

     After dinner we decided to take an aprés-lobster stroll around town.

Anagrams

• Asper, Earps, Pears, Peras, RESPA, Rapes, Spear, Spera, apers, as per, asper, pares, parse, pears, prase, presa, præs., rapes, reaps, sarpe, spare, spear

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Middle French

Alternative forms

• apres (some manuscripts)
• aprez

Etymology

From Old French aprés.

Adverb

aprés

1. after
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 25:

     Yvain […] s'en alla aprez le geyant

     Ywain […] went after the giant

Descendants

• French: après

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Old French

Alternative forms

• apres (manuscript form)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *adpressum, from Latin ad + pressum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈprɛs/

Adverb

aprés

1. after; afterwards
   • circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:

     Aprés li venoient puceles
     assez, autres, gentes et beles

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• Middle French: aprés, aprez
  • French: après
• Norman: après (Jersey), oprès (Guernsey)

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• apres (obsolete, some manuscripts)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *adpressum, from Latin ad + pressum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpɾes/ [aˈpɾes]

Adverb

1. (obsolete) near; close
2. (obsolete) after; afterwards
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 3v. a.

     Apres de esau salio el otro.

     After Esau came out the other one.