depuis

French

Etymology

From de + puis. From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Compare Portuguese depois (after).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /də.pɥi/
    • (file)
  • (Louisiana) IPA(key): /de.pi/, /dɑ̃.pɥi/, /dɑ̃.py/, /də.py/
  • (Wallonia) IPA(key): /də.pwi/
  • Rhymes: -ɥi

Preposition

depuis

  1. since
    On habite ici depuis l’an 2000.
    We've lived here since the year 2000.
  2. since, ever since
    Depuis son arrivée à la tête du Barça, l’entraîneur catalan a tout gagné.
    Ever since he took the helm of Barça, the Catalan coach has won everything.
  3. (regarding time) for ~
    Je vis ici depuis trois ans.
    I've lived here for three years.
  4. (regarding time) for the last ~, over the past ~
    Le Marché Monétaire et Ses Crises depuis Cinquante Ans
    The Money Market and Its Crises over the Last Fifty Years
  5. from
    Le train part depuis Stockholm.
    The train leaves from Stockholm.

Derived terms

Adverb

depuis

  1. (informal) ever since, since then
    Synonyms: depuis lors, entre-temps
    Depuis, je vis ici.
    Since then, I've been living here.

See also

Further reading

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Preposition

depuis

  1. since

Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References

  • depuis on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (depuis, supplement)
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