dessous
Appearance
See also: Dessous
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin dē (“from”) + subtus (“beneath”), corresponding to de (“from”) + sous (“beneath”) in French. Compare Italian di sotto, Romanian dedesubt.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /də.su/
Audio: (file) Audio (France (Toulouse)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) - Rhymes: -u
Adverb
[edit]dessous
Noun
[edit]dessous m (invariable)
- underside; bottom
- Antonym: dessus
- disadvantage
- Antonym: dessus
- (in the plural) (women's) underwear
- Elle a osé montrer ses dessous en plein air.
- She dared show her undies out in the open.
- (in the plural) hidden agenda
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Preposition
[edit]dessous
Further reading
[edit]- “dessous”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French dessous.
Noun
[edit]dessous n (plural dessous-uri)
- women's underwear
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | dessous | dessousul | dessous-uri | dessous-urile | |
| genitive-dative | dessous | dessousului | dessous-uri | dessous-urilor | |
| vocative | dessousule | dessous-urilor | |||
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