English

Alternative forms

• apres, aprés (nonstandard)

Preposition

après

1. After.
   • 2002, Jorge Ramos, The Other Face of America, Patricia J Duncan tr.

     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

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

Derived terms

• après-ski

Anagrams

• apers, asper, as per, pares, parse, pears, præs., rapes, reaps, RESPA, sarpe, spare, spear

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin apprensus, from apprehensus.

Verb

après

1. past participle of aprendre

Adjective

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

1. learnt

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pʁɛ/

Etymology

From Old French aprés, from Vulgar Latin *adpressum, from Latin ad + pressum.^[1]

Preposition

après

1. after

   On mange après avoir bu.‎

   We eat after we drink.

Adverb

après

1. afterwards

   On va au cinéma après.‎

   We'll go to the cinema afterwards.

References

1. ↑ Picoche, Jacqueline; Jean-Claude Rolland (2009) Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert

Anagrams

• épars, pares, parés, râpes, râpés, repas, saper

Norman

Alternative forms

• oprès (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French aprés, from Vulgar Latin *adpressum, from Latin ad + pressum.

Preposition

après

1. (Jersey) after

Occitan

Preposition

après

1. after; afterwards