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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
après
 
SYLLABICATION:a·près
PRONUNCIATION:  äpr, pr
PREPOSITION: After. Often used in combination: an après-dinner entertainment; a concert après dinner.
ETYMOLOGY:French, from Old French, from Late Latin ad pressum : ad, to; see ad– + pressum, nearby (from neuter of Latin pressus, past participle of premere, to press closely; see press1).
 
 
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