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aperçu

  • /ˌa.pɛːˈsjuː/ UK
  • /ˌæ.pɚˈsuː/ US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French aperçu. Compare with English apperception.

noun aperçus

  1. A clever or insightful distillation; an aphorism. I insisted on how his opinion mattered, and developed and construed his platitudes into aperçus he was far from entertaining himself.
  2. An outline or summary; also, words that summarize.

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noun clever insight

DeutschAperçu

noun summary

हिन्दीसिंहावलोकन sĩhāvlokan

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MLA

"aperçu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/aper%C3%A7u. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

aperçu. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/aper%C3%A7u

Chicago

"aperçu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/aper%C3%A7u.

BibTeX
@misc{aperc_u_2026,
  title = {aperçu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aper%C3%A7u},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}