le
/do/
Translation
back (body part)
Word origin
From Latin dorsum ('back'), via Vulgar Latin dossum.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- dorsum
- English cognates
- dorsal, endorse
Grammar
Examples
J' j' cartons.
My back has been hurting since I carried those boxes.
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She turned her back on him without saying a word.
' .
The dog lies on its back so we can pet it.
J' .
My back has been hurting since this morning.
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She always carries her bag on her back.
Dos est un nom masculin designant la partie posterieure du corps humain ou animal. Avoir mal au dos (to have back pain) est une plainte tres frequente. Tourner le dos a (to turn one's back on) est une expression figuree qui signifie ignorer ou rejeter.
Dans le dos (in the back, behind) et dans mon dos (behind my back) ont souvent une connotation negative. En avoir plein le dos (to be fed up with it) est une expression familiere. A dos de cheval (on horseback) est une construction prepositionnelle utile.
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