antan
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French antan, from Latin ante annum.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
antan m (plural antans)
- (archaic) last year
- yesteryear, the old days, yore
- Mes amours d’antan.
- My loves from long ago.
Usage notes[edit]
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.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “antan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Malay[edit]
Noun[edit]
antan
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