Prépositions - French Prepositions

Prepositions are words which link two related parts of a sentence. They are placed in front of nouns in order to indicate a relationship between that noun and the verb, adjective, or noun that precedes it. These pages will help you to understand French prepositions. Click on the underlined prepositions for specific information about meaning, usage, and more.

(If this seems too complicated, take a look at my lesson on prepositions for beginners)

à		to, at, in
à côté de		next to, beside
après		after
au sujet de		about, on the subject of
avant		before
avec		with
chez		at the home/office of, among
contre		against
dans		in
d'après		according to
de		from, of, about
depuis		since, for
derrière		in back of, behind
devant		in front of
durant		during, while
en		in, on, to
en dehors de		outside of
en face de		facing, across from
entre		between
envers		toward
environ		approximately
hors de		outside of
jusque		until, up to, even
loin de		far from
malgré		despite
par		by, through
parmi		among
pendant		during
pour		for
près de		near
quant à		as for, regarding
sans		without
selon		according to
sous		under
suivant		according to
sur		on
vers		toward

Grammatical note: the noun that follows the preposition can sometimes be replaced by an object pronoun.

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