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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

arrière

Pronunciation / Transliteration: aʁjɛʁ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Rear/rɪər/
nounadjectiveverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le jardin est situé à l'arrière de la maison."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The back part of something, especially a building or vehicle.

    "The garden is located at the rear of the house."
As verb
  1. 1

    To raise or lift something to a higher position.

    "He will rear the horses on his farm."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English word 'rere', which shortened the Old French 'arriere' meaning 'behind' or 'backward', ultimately originating from the Latin 'ab retro'. Over centuries, the term shifted from denoting a backward spatial position to broadly describing the back part of any object, vehicle, or anatomy.

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