près
Meaning
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near (a time or a place); close (to a time or a place)
Concepts
by the skin of one’s teeth
carefully
come near
draw close
near here
Synonyms
près de
tout près
autour de
aux environs
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pʁɛ/
Etymology
From Old French pres (“closely”), from Vulgar Latin *pressō, from Latin pressus (“concise”), from premō (“to press, push, condense”). Cognate with Italian presso and Sicilian pressu.
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