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The French word for back is
dos





back

Gender

The gender of dos is masculine. E.g. le dos.

French Definition


back
     1. adj. (Non comparable) Postérieur.
     2. adj. (Linguistique) Postérieur. Relatif aux voyelles postérieures.
     3. v. À nouveau, de nouveau, encore.
           After the timber companies cut down the trees, a second growth of trees grew back.
     4. v. Arrière.
     5. v. En arrière.
     6. n. Dos.
     7. n. Derrière, revers.
     8. n. Fond.
     9. n. Dossier (of a seat).
     10. v. Reculer.
           Back the truck into this spot, so we can unload it.
     11. v. Soutenir.
           Which candidate for president are you backing?



Translations for back and their definitions

de retour
     1. adj. back
           Il est de retour. - He's back.


fond
     1. n-m. back
     2. n-m. bottom
     3. n-m. fund; funding
     4. n-m. foundation
     5. n-m. (figuratively) basics, essence
     6. n-m. background
     7. n-m. (cooking) base
     8. n-m. (music) foundation stop on a pipe organ
     9. v. third-person singular present indicative of fondre


soutenir
     1. v. to support
     2. v. to keep up
     3. v. (used with que) to maintain (that)
     4. v. to argue


dos
     1. n-m. (anatomy) back (of a person)
     2. n-m. (in the plural) backs (of persons)
     3. n-m. (swimming) backstroke
     4. n-m. spine (of a book)


derrière
     1. prep. behind
           Va derrière moi. - Go behind me.
     2. prep. at the bottom of, behind (covertly responsible for)
           Je me demande qui est derrière tout ça. - I wonder who is at the bottom of all this.
     3. adv. behind
           Il était loin derrière. - He was far behind.
     4. n-m. rear of an object
     5. n-m. bottom, bum, backside


en arrière


revers
     1. n-m. reverse side
     2. n-m. backhand
     3. n-m. (tennis) backhand


fin
     1. n-f. end, close, finish
     2. n-f. end, end goal, objective, purpose
     3. adj. thin, fine
     4. adj. (Quebec) kind, nice


arrière
     1. n-m. back; rear
           Elle s'est assise à l'arrière du car. - She sat down at the back of the coach.
     2. n-m. (sports) fullback
     3. n-m. (basketball) shooting guard
     4. adv. far, far away
     5. adv. late
     6. adv. rear, behind, hinter-
     7. adv. great- (relatives)
     8. adj. back (near the rear)


écarté
     1. Participle. past participle of écarter
     2. adj. discarded
     3. adj. removed, separated
     4. adj. isolated, secluded
     5. adj. back(ward), far from the main area
     6. adj. stray (Louisiana)
     7. n-m. (cards) écarté


reculer
     1. v. to move back, to put back
     2. v. to go backwards
     3. v. to back down, to concede
     4. v. to back off, to draw back, to retreat
     5. v. to recede, to gradualy disappear
     6. v. to drop, to fall, to decline
     7. v. (nautical, intransitive) to go astern


postérieur
     1. adj. posterior


faire marche arrière
     1. v. to turn back, go backwards
     2. v. to backpedal


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