après
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæpɹeɪ/, /ˈɑːpɹeɪ/, /əˈpɹeɪ/
- Rhymes: -eɪ
Preposition
après
Usage notes
- Often hyphenated to its referent, following conventions of English multi-word–modifier hyphenation.
Derived terms
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin apprēnsus, variant of apprehensus. Compare Occitan aprés.
Pronunciation
Participle
après (feminine apresa, masculine plural apresos, feminine plural apreses)
- past participle of aprendre
References
- “après” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French aprés, from Old French aprés, from Late Latin ad pressum, from Latin ad + pressum. [1] Compare Spanish aprés.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pʁɛ/, (in liaison; preposition only) /a.pʁɛ.z‿/
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Preposition
après
- after, later than in time.
- Antonym: avant
- On mange après avoir bu. ― We eat after we drink.
- après la fête ― after the party
- 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
Adverb
après
- afterwards
- On va au cinéma après. ― We'll go to the cinema afterwards.
- (Louisiana) Indicates the continuous aspect
Usage notes
- 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
References
- Picoche, Jacqueline with Jean-Claude Rolland (2009) Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert
- Pierre Fouché (1959) Traité de prononciation française (in French), →ISBN, pages 462, 477
- “après”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Haitian Creole
Adverb
après
- (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
- Haitian Creole: ap
References
- S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île
Norman
Etymology
From Old French aprés, from Late Latin ad pressum, from Latin ad + pressum.
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Late Latin ad pressum from Latin ad + pressum.
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