Friday, May 15, 2020
Ã⬠Peu Près - French Expression
The French expression à peu prà ¨s (pronouncedà [ ah peu preh])indicates that whatever phrase it precedes or follows is a rough guess or estimate. It literally means at little near and is used to meanà about, around, approximately, pretty much or more or less. When used with numbers and amounts, à peu prà ¨s is synonymous with environ and plus ou moins. It has a normalà register.à Examples and Usage Jai à peu prà ¨s 10â⠬ / Jai 10â⠬, à peu prà ¨s.I have about 10â⠬. Il pà ¨se à peu prà ¨s 20 kilos / Il pà ¨se 20 kilos, à peu prà ¨s.It weighs about 20 kilos. Tu as à peu prà ¨s son à ¢ge / Tu as son à ¢ge, à peu prà ¨s.Youre about the same age as he is. Ã⬠peu prà ¨s is used with adjectives, nouns, pronouns, and clauses to describe something or someone as approximately, more or less ___. Here, à peu prà ¨s is synonymous with presque and plus ou moins. Les rà ©sultats sont à peu prà ¨s normaux.The results are fairly / more or less normal. Je suis à peu prà ¨s certain.Im fairly / almost certain. Ils sont à peu prà ¨s les mà ªmes.Theyre about / almost the same. Cest à peu prà ¨s tout.Thats about / pretty much all. Je vois à peu prà ¨s ce quil veut dire. I kind of / pretty much / more or less see what he means. The invariable compound noun à -peu-prà ¨s refers to a vague approximation. For example: rester dans là -peu-prà ¨sto be very vague, to stick to vague approximations à ©viter les à -peu-prà ¨sto avoid approximations Theres alsoà an à à peuà prà ¨sà gestureà and anà informal synonym, auà pif.
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