English Explanatory Dictionary

apropos

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.
  2. By the way, incidental.
prep
  1. Regarding, concerning, in regard to, on the subject of.
adv
  1. By the way.
  2. Timely; at a good time.
  3. To the purpose; appropriately.
noun
  1. Fittingness, pertinence.

Pronunciation

/ˌæp.ɹəˈpəʊ/ /ˌæp.ɹəˈpoʊ/ en-us-apropos.ogg en-au-apropos.ogg

Word forms

apropos more apropos most apropos à propos àpropos

Etymology

Borrowed from French à propos (“on that subject”). Similar in meaning and form, and to some extent etymology, to appropriate, but not a doublet of it.

Synonyms

by the way incidentally incidental about as for

Antonyms

malapropos

Derived words

apronym unapropos apropos of apropos of nothing
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