après

[ ah-prey, ap-rey ]

/ ˈɑ preɪ, ˈæp reɪ /

preposition

after; following (used in combination): après-tennis clothes.

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decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Origin of après

1955–60; extracted from après-ski < French: after-ski(ing)

Words nearby après

apropos, apropos of, aprosopia, aprotic, aprowl, après, après moi le déluge, après-midi d'un faune, l', après-ski, apsaras, apse

Example sentences from the Web for apres

As Barbara Walters might say—that is, if she were echoing French King Louis XV—“Apres moi, le deluge.”
Massacre at ‘The View’: Sherri Shepherd and Jenny McCarthy Reportedly Fired|Lloyd Grove|June 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ils se seruent aussi de friction, apres laquelle ils s'oignent tout le corps d'huyle de loup marin.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. III: Acadia, 1611-1616|Various
Apres pourrez veoir la grande discention qui est auiourdhuy entre les Roys et Princes Crestiens.
The Buke of the Order of Knyghthood|Ramon Llull
Apres l'Eplan succedent les Harencs, qui frayent de mesme en vn autre riuiere.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. III: Acadia, 1611-1616|Various

This is perhaps what de Lancre means when he says that 'apres la dance ils se mettent par fois à sauter'.
The Witch-cult in Western Europe|Margaret Alice Murray
Apres auoir couru en haut contre la riuiere pour les glands, & racines, il s'en alla l'Eplan.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. III: Acadia, 1611-1616|Various

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