arrière

/aʁjɛʁ/

#887 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

back, rear; backwards

Examples

Reculez , .

Step back, we need to make room for the emergency services.

passagers l' accès aux .

Passengers at the back of the bus have better access to the exits.

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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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This word is part of lesson 18.