apres
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French après (“after”).
Preposition
apres
- (rare, nonstandard) After
- 2003, Rasheed Lumumba Jones et al. The Humours of Black Life [1]
- We must comment and critique the film while its in progress or else some crucial nuance of a technical or creative nature might be forgotten during an apres-movie discussion.
- 2003, Rasheed Lumumba Jones et al. The Humours of Black Life [1]
Noun
apres (uncountable)
- Abbreviation of après-ski.
Anagrams
- rapes, Pears, prase, as per, Spera, presa, apers, spaer, RESPA, pears, Spare, reaps, præs., parse, Rapes, Earps, Asper, Presa, spear, Spear, Peras, spare, asper, pares, sarpe
Old French
Preposition
apres
- alternative form of aprés (in original manuscripts)
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Late Latin ad pressum from Latin ad + pressum. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French aprés.
Preposition
apres
- after (later, at a later time)
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ad pressum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 178