derrière

• derriere

Borrowed from French derrière.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɛɹiˈɛə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

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^[1]:

     As for high-heels, they hoist the derrière and make the gait more feminine and physically attractive.

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

• IPA^(key): /dɛ.ʁjɛʁ/ ~ /de.ʁjɛʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛʁ

derrière

1. behind

   Synonym: après

   Coordinate term: devant

   Va derrière moi. ― Go behind me.

2. at the bottom of, behind (covertly responsible for)

   Je me demande qui est derrière tout ça. ― I wonder who is at the bottom of all this.

derrière

1. behind

   Synonyms: à l’arrière, en arrière

   Coordinate term: devant

   Il était loin derrière. ― He was far behind.

• sens devant derrière

derrière m (plural derrières)

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

• Haitian Creole: dèyè

• “derrière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.