derrière

See also: derriere

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French derrière.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌdɛɹiˈɛə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

Noun

derrière (plural derrières)

  1. (chiefly humorous) Bottom, bum, backside.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:buttocks
    • 2011 July 30, “Baby you can drive my genes”, in The Economist:
      As for high-heels, they hoist the derrière and make the gait more feminine and physically attractive.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French deriere, from Late Latin dē retrō, from Latin dē + retrō.[1] Cognate with Italian dietro.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɛ.ʁjɛʁ/, /de.ʁjɛʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛʁ

Adverb

derrière

  1. behind
    Il était loin derrière.
    He was far behind.
    Synonyms: à l'arrière, en arrière

Derived terms

Noun

derrière m (plural derrières)

  1. rear of an object
  2. bottom, bum, backside

Preposition

derrière

  1. behind
    Va derrière moi.
    Go behind me.
    Synonym: après

Descendants
  • Haitian Creole: dèyè

References
  1. Picoche, Jacqueline; Jean-Claude Rolland (2009) Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert

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