apres
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French après (“after”).
Preposition[edit]
apres
- (rare, nonstandard) After
- 2003, Rasheed Lumumba Jones et al. The Humours of Black Life [1]
- We must comment and critique the film while its in progress or else some crucial nuance of a technical or creative nature might be forgotten during an apres-movie discussion.
- 2003, Rasheed Lumumba Jones et al. The Humours of Black Life [1]
Noun[edit]
apres (uncountable)
Anagrams[edit]
- Asper, Earps, Pears, Peras, RESPA, Rapes, Spear, Spera, apers, as per, asper, pares, parse, pears, prase, presa, præs., rapes, reaps, sarpe, spare, spear
Old French[edit]
Preposition[edit]
apres
- Alternative form of aprés (in original manuscripts)
Old Occitan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin ad pressum from Latin ad + pressum. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French aprés.
Preposition[edit]
apres
- after (later, at a later time)
References[edit]
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ad pressum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 178
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