près

Etymology
From, from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1) near a time or a place; close to a time or a place

Preposition

 * 1)  attached to,

Usage notes

 * When used as a preposition (before a noun), must be immediately followed by  . The rare exceptions belong to a very formal register listed above. For everyday speech and writing,  is to be used to mean "near something".
 * The adverbial phrases and  can be used without  after them.
 * is only used with the embassies and ambassadors connected to the Vatican, as they are actually located outside, in Rome. All the other embassies and ambassadorial titles use common prepositions, , or  before host nations' names. (See Ambassades de France)

Derived terms

 * (within such and such)
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Etymology
. See above.

Adverb

 * 1) near