prés

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pres"

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁe/

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Noun

prés m

1. plural of pré

Adjective

prés (invariable)

1. the color of meadow green

Further reading

• “prés”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• pers, reps

Middle French

Alternative forms

• pres (manuscript form or alternative normalized form)
• prez

Preposition

prés

1. near; close

Old French

Alternative forms

• pres (manuscript form or alternative normalized form)

Preposition

prés

1. near; close

Usage notes

• often used in the form prés de (near to; close to) both in the sense of distance and of time

  Se alchuns est prés de mort

  If someone is close to death

Descendants

• French: près