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derrière

 
Dictionary: der·ri·ère  der·ri·ere (dĕr'ē-âr') pronunciation
also n.
The buttocks; the rear.

[French, behind, from Old French deriere, in back of, from Vulgar Latin *dē retrō : Latin , from, of; see de- + Latin retrō, back; see retro-.]


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noun

    The part of one's back on which one rests in sitting: buttock (used in plural), posterior, rump, seat. Informal backside, behind, bottom, rear. Slang bun (used in plural), fanny, tush. Chiefly British bum. See over/under.

Dictionary of Dance: derrière
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derrière (Fr., behind). Indicates that a movement is directed backwards from the dancer's body.

WordNet: derriere
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
  Synonyms: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, fanny, ass


Translations: Derriere
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bagdel

Français (French)
n. - derrière (euph)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Hintern

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) οπίσθια, ποπός

Italiano (Italian)
deretano

Português (Portuguese)
n. - traseira (f)

Русский (Russian)
зад

Español (Spanish)
n. - trasero, nalgas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - stuss, stjärt

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
后部, 臀部

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 後部, 臀部

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 엉덩이

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 臀部, 尻

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ישבן, אחוריים‬


 
 

 

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