arrière-train
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
arrière-train m (plural arrière-trains)
- the rear of a train, or 4x4 vehicle
- hindquarters (of an animal)
- 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:
- Le chien […] n’avait pas de queue, alors il remuait l’arrière-train pour signifier qu’il était content.
- The dog […] didn't have a tail, so it wagged its hindquarters to show it was happy.
- caboose, posterior, hindquarters (buttocks of a human)
Further reading[edit]
- “arrière-train”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.