/o.pʁɛ/
Translation
next to, close to; with, in the eyes of (almost always auprès de)
Word origin
A welding of au (à plus le) and près ('near'), which comes from Latin pressum, the past participle of premere ('to press'). The idea is of being pressed up close to something.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- pressum
- English cognates
- press, pressure
Examples
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He sat down next to his grandmother.
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She has a lot of standing in the eyes of her colleagues.
Renseigne- mairie .
Ask the town hall for information before you pay.
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That is nothing compared with what he went through.
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The dog always stays close to the child.
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