aparté

See also: aparte, a parte, and à parte

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.paʁ.te/

Noun

aparté m (plural apartés)

1. (theater) aside, stage whisper, soliloquy
2. (by extension) secret conversation

   en aparté ― secretly, confidentally

   • 1972, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “Mourir pour des idées”, in Fernande:

     J’en conclus qu’ils doivent se dire, en aparté : / "Mourrons pour des idées d’accord, mais de mort lente"

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Further reading

• “aparté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Verb

aparté

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of apartar