Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

après

/ˈæpɹeɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.41 in modern English

Syllables: apres
IPA: /ˈæpɹeɪ/

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep

After.

noun

Abbreviation of après-ski.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from French après.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

apres (alternative, nonstandard) aprés (alternative, nonstandard)

Phrases

après-ski

Rhymes With

a the other way could go all day want-away point may for-pay try as one may members' day j /j k little bay

Questions

How do you pronounce après?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæpɹeɪ/.
What does après mean?: After.
Where does après come from?: Borrowed from French après.

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