antan
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *ante anu, from Latin ante annum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃tɑ̃/
Noun
antan m (plural antans)
- (archaic) last year
- yesteryear, the old days
- Mes amours d'antan.
Usage notes
It is never used as a stand-alone noun anymore, but only preceded by the preposition de (d'antan), thus functioning as an adjectival phrase.
Further reading
- “antan” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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