derrière

See also: derriere

English

Alternative forms

• derriere

Etymology

Borrowed from French derrière.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɛɹiˈɛə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• 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^[1]:

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

Translations

bottom, bum, backside

• Arabic: المؤخرَة (ar) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 屁股 (zh)

• Estonian: tagumik, perse (et), istmik, kann (et)
• Finnish: takapuoli (fi), perä (fi), takamus (fi)
• French: derrière (fr) m
• Italian: deretano (it) m
• Portuguese: traseiro (pt) m
• Spanish: trasero (es) m, (humorous) retaguardia (es) f

Adverb

derrière (not comparable)

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

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛ.ʁjɛʁ/ ~ /de.ʁjɛʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛʁ

Preposition

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.

Adverb

derrière

1. behind

   Synonyms: à l’arrière, en arrière

   Coordinate term: devant

   Il était loin derrière. ― He was far behind.

Derived terms

• sens devant derrière

Noun

derrière m (plural derrières)

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

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: dèyè

Further reading

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