après

See also âpres

English

Alternative forms

• apres, aprés (nonstandard)

Etymology

From French après

Preposition

après

1. After.
   • 2002, Jorge Ramos, The Other Face of America, Patricia J Duncan tr. [1]

     How about an après ski massage? Well, it’ll cost you $80 for fifty minutes at the Aspen Club, tip included. Thank goodness.

Usage notes

• Often hyphenated to its referent, following conventions of English multi-word–modifier hyphenation.

Derived terms

• après-ski

Anagrams

• apers, asper, as per, pares, parse, pears, præs., rapes, reaps, RESPA, sarpe, spare, spear

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin apprensus, from apprehensus.

Verb

après

1. Past participle of aprendre.

Adjective

après m (feminine apresa, masculine plural apresos, feminine plural apreses)

1. learnt

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /a.pʁɛ/, X-SAMPA: /a.pRE/

Etymology

From Latin ad + pressum.

Preposition

après

1. after

   On mange après avoir bu

   We eat after we drink

Adverb

après

1. afterwards

   On va au cinéma après.

   We'll go to the cinema afterwards.

References

Anagrams

• épars, pares, parés, râpes, râpés, repas, saper

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Occitan

Preposition

après

1. after; afterwards