apart

Meaning

  1. unusual and distinctive in an appealing way; featuring an exciting mixture of traits or influences
  2. (archaic) apart, separate

Frequency

40k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

apaartig

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

aarig

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/aˈpaʁt/
Etymology

In summary

16th century, from Middle French à part (“separately”). The modern sense follows the French attributive use as in une chose à part (“something of its kind, something exceptional”).

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