Grammatical class
Adjective
proche
close, near, closeby, nearby (to a place)
Details
Syllables
pro-che
Phonetics
pʁɔʃ
Grammatical class
Adjective
Freq. (books)
5031
Freq. (movies)
7735
Freq. (news)
526
Variants
Sentences
L’épicerie est proche.
The grocery store is close by.
C'est proche.
It's close.
Est-ce proche ?
Is it nearby?
Noël est proche.
Christmas is near at hand.
C'est très proche.
It's very close.
Il était proche de sa fin.
He was nearing his end.
Le Bon Festival est proche.
The Bon Festival is near at hand.
Où est l'église la plus proche ?
Where is the nearest church?
Notre école est très proche du parc.
Our school is very close to the park.
Où est la bibliothèque la plus proche ?
Where's the nearest library?
Où est le poste de police le plus proche ?
Where is the nearest police station?
Le jour est proche où toutes les barrières [...] finiront par tomber.http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+CRE+20040226+ITEMS+DOC+XML+V0//FR&language=FR
(literally, “The day is near when all the barriers … will end up falling apart.”)