See also: aparte, a parte, and à parte

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aparté m (plural apartés)

  1. (theater) aside, stage whisper, soliloquy
  2. (by extension) secret conversation
    en apartésecretly, confidentally
    • 1972, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “Mourir pour des idées”, in Fernande:
      J’en conclus qu’ils doivent se dire, en aparté : / "Mourrons pour des idées d’accord, mais de mort lente"
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aparté

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of apartar