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opportune
English
Etymology
From Old French opportun, from Latin opportunus.
Adjective
opportune (comparative more opportune, superlative most opportune)
- Suitable for some particular purpose.
- At a convenient or advantageous time.
Synonyms
- (suitable): appropriate, proper; see also Thesaurus:suitable
- (convenient time): seasonable, timesome; see also Thesaurus:timely
Antonyms
- (all): inopportune
- (suitable): inappropriate, improper; see also Thesaurus:unsuitable
- (convenient time): unseasonable, untime; see also Thesaurus:untimely
Related terms
- opportunity
- opportuneness
Translations
Danish
Adjective
opportune
- definite of opportun
- plural of opportun
French
Adjective
opportune
- feminine singular of opportun
Italian
Adjective
opportune
- feminine plural of opportuno
Latin
Etymology 1
Adverb
opport?n? (comparative opport?nius, superlative opport?nissim?)
- favourably; seasonably; opportunely
Etymology 2
Adjective
opport?ne
- vocative masculine singular of opport?nus
References
- opportune in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- opportune in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- opportune in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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apropos
English
Alternative forms
- à propos
- àpropos
Etymology
Borrowed from French à propos (“on that subject”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?æp.???p??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?æp.???po?/
- Rhymes: -??
Adjective
apropos (comparative more apropos, superlative most apropos)
- Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.
- 1877, Jules Verne, translated by Frederick Amadeus Malleson, Journey into the Interior of the Earth, Chapter VI,
- Nothing easier. I received not long ago a map from my friend, Augustus Petermann, at Leipzig. Nothing could be more apropos.
- 1877, Jules Verne, translated by Frederick Amadeus Malleson, Journey into the Interior of the Earth, Chapter VI,
- by the way, incidental
- 1877, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
- Sherlock Holmes rose and lit his pipe. "No doubt you think that you are complimenting me in comparing me to Dupin," he observed. "Now, in my opinion, Dupin was a very inferior fellow. That trick of his of breaking in on his friends' thoughts with an apropos remark after a quarter of an hour's silence is really very showy and superficial. He had some analytical genius, no doubt; but he was by no means such a phenomenon as Poe appeared to imagine."
- 1877, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
Synonyms
- (by the way): by the way, incidentally, incidental
Translations
Preposition
apropos
- Regarding or concerning.
- 2011, Jeremy Harding, "Diary", London Review of Books, 33.VII:
- Few have the same root and branch obsession with the recent past or the avenger’s recall (‘the necessity for long memory and sarcasm in argument’, as he wrote apropos the old left intelligentsia in New York).
- 2011, Jeremy Harding, "Diary", London Review of Books, 33.VII:
Synonyms
- about, as for; See also Thesaurus:about
Antonyms
- malapropos
Derived terms
- apropos of
- apropos of nothing
Translations
Adverb
apropos
- By the way.
- Timely; at a good time.
- To the purpose; appropriately.
Translations
Anagrams
- Sapporo
Danish
Alternative forms
- (nonstandard) à propos
Etymology
Borrowed from French à propos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apropo/, [ap???op?o], [?p???op?o]
Noun
apropos n (singular definite aproposet or apropos'et, plural indefinite aproposer or apropos'er)
- aside
Inflection
Preposition
apropos
- apropos (regarding or concerning)
Adverb
apropos
- apropos
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French à propos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ap?o?po?]
Adverb
apropos
- apropos
Synonyms
- nebenbei
- übrigens
Further reading
- “apropos” in Duden online
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