auparavant
French
Etymology
From Middle French auparavant, a univerbation of au + par + avant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.pa.ʁa.vɑ̃/
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Adverb
auparavant
- beforehand, previously [from 15th century]
- un an auparavant ― a year earlier
- Je l'en avais averti longtemps auparavant. ― I had warned him about it long before.
- Je n'avais jamais vu une aussi belle jeune fille auparavant. ― I had never seen such a beautiful girl before.
See also
Further reading
- “auparavant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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