apres
Appearance
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]- rapes, Pears, prase, as per, Spera, presa, apers, spaer, RESPA, pears, Spare, reaps, præs., parse, Rapes, Earps, Asper, Presa, spear, Spear, Peras, spare, asper, pares, sarpe
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, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 178
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