À Peu Près - French Expression

Peu Prà ¨s - French Expression The French expression peu prà ¨s (pronounced  [ ah peu preh])indicates that whatever phrase it precedes or follows is a rough guess or estimate. It literally means at little near and is used to mean  about, around, approximately, pretty much or more or less. When used with numbers and amounts, peu prà ¨s is synonymous with environ and plus ou moins. It has a normal  register.   Examples and Usage Jai peu prà ¨s 10â‚ ¬ / Jai 10â‚ ¬, peu prà ¨s.I have about 10â‚ ¬. Il pà ¨se peu prà ¨s 20 kilos / Il pà ¨se 20 kilos, peu prà ¨s.It weighs about 20 kilos. Tu as peu prà ¨s son à ¢ge / Tu as son à ¢ge, peu prà ¨s.Youre about the same age as he is. peu prà ¨s is used with adjectives, nouns, pronouns, and clauses to describe something or someone as approximately, more or less ___. Here, peu prà ¨s is synonymous with presque and plus ou moins. Les rà ©sultats sont peu prà ¨s normaux.The results are fairly / more or less normal. Je suis peu prà ¨s certain.Im fairly / almost certain. Ils sont peu prà ¨s les mà ªmes.Theyre about / almost the same. Cest peu prà ¨s tout.Thats about / pretty much all. Je vois peu prà ¨s ce quil veut dire. I kind of / pretty much / more or less see what he means. The invariable compound noun -peu-prà ¨s refers to a vague approximation. For example: rester dans l-peu-prà ¨sto be very vague, to stick to vague approximations à ©viter les -peu-prà ¨sto avoid approximations Theres also  an   peu  prà ¨s  gesture   and an   informal synonym, au  pif.