Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

à propos

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables: a pro-pos
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Alternative form of apropos.

Example Sentences

"windows are favourite seats; and who knows how much may be effected in a tête-à-tête, by the crimson shade of the curtain flitting over a fair cheek à propos?"
""You are an awfully good sort," he said to her once a propos of nothing at all."

Questions

What does à propos mean?: Alternative form of apropos.

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