apres
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
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