/aʁjɛʁ/
Translation
back, rear; backwards
Word origin
From Vulgar Latin ad retro ('to the rear'), from ad ('to') and retro ('backwards, behind'). It means 'back, rear'.
- Origin
- Vulgar Latin
- Root
- ad retro
- English cognates
- retro, rear
Examples
Reculez , .
Step back, we need to make room for the emergency services.
passagers l' aux .
Passengers at the back of the bus have better access to the exits.
.
We cannot go back and change what happened.
siège couvert jouets.
The back seat of the car is covered in toys.
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She glanced back one last time before leaving.
Arriere est principalement un adverbe de lieu signifiant vers l'arriere. Comme nom, l'arriere (m) designe la partie posterieure d'un vehicule, d'un batiment. En arriere (backwards, behind) et vers l'arriere (towards the back) sont les locutions principales.
Revenir en arriere (to go back) et avoir un coup d'arriere (to have a setback) sont des expressions courantes. En compound nouns : arriere-plan (background), arriere-pensee (ulterior motive), arriere-grand-mere (great-grandmother). Arriere ! est un ordre de recul.
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