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après

See also: apres, aprés, âpres, and apress

English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French après.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈæpɹeɪ/, /ˈɑːpɹeɪ/, /əˈpɹeɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Preposition edit

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 edit

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

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

après (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of après-ski.

Anagrams edit

Catalan edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin apprēnsus, variant of apprehensus. Compare Occitan aprés.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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

  1. learnt

Participle edit

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

  1. past participle of aprendre

References edit

  • “après” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French aprés, from Old French aprés, from Late Latin ad pressum, from Latin ad + pressum. [1] Compare Spanish aprés.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /a.pʁɛ/, (in liaison; preposition only) /a.pʁɛ.z‿/
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Preposition edit

après

  1. after, later than in time.
    Antonym: avant
    On mange après avoir bu. ― We eat after we drink.
    après la fête ― after the party
  2. after, coming for, trying to get (someone).
    • 1957, Roger Vailland, Drôle de jeu, Editions Le Manuscrit, →ISBN, page 38:
      J’en pense que dans cette boîte il y a quelqu’un qui en a après nous et cherche à nous faire virer.
      I think that there's someone in this company who's after us and is looking to get us fired.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Haitian Creole: apre
  • Louisiana Creole: apré
  • → English: après

Adverb edit

après

  1. afterwards
    On va au cinéma après. ― We'll go to the cinema afterwards.
  2. (Louisiana) Indicates the continuous aspect

Usage notes edit

  • In his work on French pronunciation, Pierre Fouché indicates that phonological liaison is not made between the adverb après and a subsequent vowel-initial word, but that liaison is optionally made when such word follows a prepositional use of après or the prepositive locution d’après.[2]
    après une longue nuit ― /a.pʁɛ.yn/ or /a.pʁɛ.z‿yn.lɔ̃ɡ.nɥi/ (prepositional après)
    Fais ça et après on pourra partir. ― /fɛ.sa.e.a.pʁɛ.ɔ̃.pu.ʁa.paʁ.tiʁ/ (adverbial après)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Saint Dominican Creole French: après
    • Haitian Creole: ap
  • Louisiana Creole: apé

References edit

  1. ^ Picoche, Jacqueline with Jean-Claude Rolland (2009) Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert
  2. ^ Pierre Fouché (1959) Traité de prononciation française (in French), →ISBN, pages 462, 477

Anagrams edit

Haitian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French après (“after”).

Adverb edit

après

  1. (Saint-Domingue) Indicates the continuous aspect
    Les autres savé alé cherché chivrons, pour caze à bagasse la nou après fair. ― The others can go look for chevrons, for the bagasse house that we are making.

Descendants edit

  • Haitian Creole: ap

References edit

  • S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île

Norman edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old French aprés, from Late Latin ad pressum, from Latin ad + pressum.

Preposition edit

après

  1. (Jersey) after

Occitan edit

Etymology edit

From Old Occitan, from Late Latin ad pressum from Latin ad + pressum.

Preposition edit

après

  1. after; afterwards
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