English

Preposition

aprés

1. Nonstandard spelling of apres.
2. Nonstandard spelling of après.
   • 2004, Brian Thacker, The Naked Man Festival

     After dinner we decided to take an aprés-lobster stroll around town.

Anagrams

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

Middle French

Alternative forms

• apres (some manuscripts)
• aprez

Adverb

aprés

1. after
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 25:

     Yvain […] s'en alla aprez le geyant

     Ywain […] went after the giant

Old French

Alternative forms

• apres (manuscript form)

Etymology

Vulgar Latin adpressum, from Latin ad + pressum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈprɛs/

Adverb

aprés

1. after; afterwards
   • circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:

     Aprés li venoient puceles
     assez, autres, gentes et beles

Descendants

• French: après
• Norman: après (Jersey), oprès (Guernsey)