aprés

See also: apres, après, and âpres

English

Preposition

aprés

Nonstandard spelling of apres.
Nonstandard spelling of après.
- 2004, Brian Thacker, The Naked Man Festival
  After dinner we decided to take an aprés-lobster stroll around town.

Anagrams

Asper, Earps, Pears, Peras, RESPA, Rapes, Spear, Spera, apers, as per, asper, pares, parse, pears, prase, presa, præs., rapes, reaps, sarpe, spare, spear

Middle French

Alternative forms

apres (some manuscripts)
aprez

Etymology

From Old French aprés.

Adverb

aprés

after
- 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 25:
  Yvain […] s'en alla aprez le geyant
  Ywain […] went after the giant

Descendants

French: après

Old French

Alternative forms

apres (manuscript form)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *adpressum, from Latin ad + pressum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈprɛs/

Adverb

aprés

after; afterwards
- circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
  Aprés li venoient puceles
  assez, autres, gentes et beles
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

Descendants

Middle French: aprés, aprez
- French: après
Norman: après (Jersey), oprès (Guernsey)

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