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.

derrière (not comparable)

1. (ballet) Performed at or to the back.

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.