Prepositions (Prépositions)

See the Origin of the Prepositions in the modern Romance languages.
See the List of the prepositions in Classical Latin.
 

à to, toward après after attendu having in mind avant before; in the presence of avec with chez at, beside, with concernant concerning contre against; in exchange for dans in(to), inside, within de of; from; about; by (agent) dedans inside de dessous from below de dessus from the top dehors abroad, out, outside delà (old) longer than (space) depuis from, since derrière behind, after dessous (old) below, downstairs dessus on top, overhead, upstairs dévant before, in front of

dévers (old) = vers dès from, since durant for, during, while, whilst en in, inside, within en avant aforehead entre between envers (old) in front of; toward(s) environ (old) by (time) excepté except for fors (old) = hors hormis (old) except for hors out(side) jouxte (old) near jusque until les (lès) (lez) (old) near, close to moyénnant by the means of nonobstant despite, in spite of outre over, exceedingly par per, throrough, by (agent) par delà over there

par-derrière by the backside par-dessous by the lower part par-dessus by the top parmi among, between passé after, past pendant for, during, while, whilst pour for; to près nearby proche (old) (dial.) nearby selon according to suivant according to sans without sauf without, except for sous below, under, beneath suivant according to sur over, above; about touchant (old) concerning, about vers to, toward(s) vu having in mind

The prepositions a and de have contracted forms with the articles le and les: au, aux and du, des.

See General Notes on the French Prepositions.