après

/ˈæpɹeɪ//ˈɑːpɹeɪ//əˈpɹeɪ/

preposition

After.

OriginFrench après →
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Meanings

preposition

alternative nonstandard apres · alternative nonstandard aprés

  1. After.
    1 more example

    2002, Jorge Ramos, The Other Face of America, Patricia J Duncan tr. http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0060938242&id=D_xrZF1gTi8C&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&sig=ERHjCVnyrDm_50Up1nULZ7JeH2s How about an après ski massage? Well, it’ll cost you $80 for fifty minutes at the Aspen Club, tip included. Thank goodness.

nounaprès (uncountable)

alternative nonstandard apres · alternative nonstandard aprés

  1. abbreviationuncountableAbbreviation of après-ski.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
après-skiaprès-skiing

Origin

  1. Frenchaprès
  2. Frenchaprès
  3. Englishaprès

Borrowed from French après.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with après

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Cite this entry
APA

après. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apr%C3%A8s

MLA

“après.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apr%C3%A8s. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “après,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apr%C3%A8s.

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