presque

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presque

\pʁɛsk\
[pʁɛsk] France (Paris)

Where it comes from

De près et que.

adverb presqu’

À peu près, peu s’en faut. Mes tempes battent ; toute ma chair va à cette femme presque nue et charmante dans le matin et dans le transparent vêtement qui enferme la douce odeur d’elle…
Avec un mot de totalité Excepté un ensemble négligeable.

In English

almost very close to
nearly almost, but not quite
all but very nearly
approximately imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
well-nigh almost, nearly — see also almost, nearly
more or less almost
as good as almost completely

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Chicago

"presque." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/presque.

BibTeX

@misc{presque_2026,
  title = {presque},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/presque},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}