apres

See also: aprés, après, and âpres

English

Alternative forms

• après

Etymology

Borrowed from French après (“after”).

Preposition

apres

1. (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.

Noun

apres (uncountable)

1. 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

1. 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

1. after (later, at a later time)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ad pressum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 178