Basic

Prepositions

English

at, in

aprs

after

avant

before

avec

with

chez

at/to

contre

against

dans

in(side)

de

of, from

depuis

since, from

derrire

behind

devant

en

in front of, outside (the front

of)
in

entre

between, among

envers

towards

environ

about, approximately

par

by, through

pendant

during

pour

for

sans

without

sauf

except

selon

according to, depending on

sous

under(neath)

sur

on

vers

towards

according to

auprs de

ds

beside; in
contact/communication with
ever since, from ... onwards

hors

ex(cluding)

jusqu'

as far as, up until

Less common,
but still
readily used
d'aprs

malgr

despite

moins

minus

moyennant

in exchange for

parmi

among(st)

+le>au; +les>aux

de+le>du, de+les>des

plus

plus

versus

versus

via

via

concerning, regarding

durant

during

except

except, excepting

excluant

excluding

incluant

including

pass

past, beyond

suivant

vu

according to, depending on,

pursuant to
given, considering

Participles
commonly
used as
prepositions
concernant

common
compound
prepositions
l'arrire de

behind, (located) at the back of

en arrire de

behind, to the back of

autour de

around

en bas de

cause de

at the foot/bottom of, down

below
because of, due to

compte tenu de

given, in view of

compter de

as of, taking effect from

ct de

next to

au-de de

this side of

en dehors de

outside, beyond, except

au-del de

beyond

en dpit de

despite, regardless of

au-dessous de,
en dessous de

below, beneath

au-dessus de

above

par-dessous

under(neath)

par-dessus

over, over the top of

par-devers

in front of; in the possession of

Indicating movement

tant donn

given

en change de

in exchange for

l'extrieur

outisde

l'exception
de*

except, excepting, with the

exception of

en face de

opposite, facing

face

faced with, in view of

save, barring, for want of

depending on, according to,

with respect to
through, by dint of

faute de*
en fonction de

force de

grce

because of, thanks to

en haut de

at the top of, up

l'instar de

in keeping with, like

l'intrieur de

inside

instead of

during, at the time of

directly on...; straight from...

au moyen de*

using, by means of

de par

throughout; as a result of

part

apart (from)

partir de

starting from, from ... onwards,

as of

au lieu de

lors de*
mme

en plus de

in addition to

par rapport

regarding, with respect to

au ras de ,
ras de

level with, just skimming

au sein de

within, at the heart of

en sus de

in addition to

Old-fashioned: en
plus de is the modern
equivalent.

 travers

through

au travers de

through

en travers de

across, crossways through

vis--vis de

facing; vis-s-vis, regarding

y compris

including

regarding, in respect of

son insu

unbeknown to

par
l'intermdiaire
de

through (the intermediary) of

l'issue de

After, following, at the end of

de la part de

on behalf of, on the part of

la place de

in (the) place of

"Semicompo
und"
prepos
itions
l'gard

au sujet de

titre de

about, concerning, on the

matter of
by way of, for the purposes of

Notice that in French,

de is present.