Kilo Lingo

/dədɑ̃/

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Translation

inside, in it

Word origin

From de ('from') plus dans ('in'), the latter from Latin deintus ('from within'), reinforcing the sense of inside.

Origin
Latin
Root
deintus

Examples

' , .

The box is there but there is nothing inside it, it is empty.

, .

Come inside, it is too cold to stay outside.

tiroir .

He put the documents inside and locked the drawer.

, .

I fell straight into it, without seeing anything coming.

tiroir, passeport .

Open the drawer, the passport is in there.

Dedans est un adverbe de lieu signifiant inside, in there. Il s'emploie souvent apres un nom ou une proposition pour indiquer l'interieur. La-dedans (in there) est une forme renforcee. Rentrer dedans peut signifier entrer dans un endroit ou, de facon argotique, foncer sur quelqu'un.

Fourrer le nez dedans (to poke one's nose into it) et se laisser avoir dedans (to be taken in, to be duped) sont des expressions idiomatiques. En dedans (inwardly, on the inside) s'oppose a en dehors (outwardly). Dedans est moins formel que a l'interieur.

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